Ukip?

[EDDIE51]

Now that UKIP has lost it's only MP does it still get air time for election / party political broadcasts ?

[mikey4444]

Not sure Eddie....I will try to find out !

[mikey4444]

Eddie....found some info, but its still not clear if UKIP will still qualify ::

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2016/review-ofcoms-party-election-broadcast-regulations

[ichkeria]

I am sure they will. And so they should in fairness. I've seen broadcasts by all sorts of parties in the past, including the infamous BNP one.
I remember an amusing BNP one in N Ireland where their spokesman touted his party as the one that would be first to send people round tp clear the snow from pensioners' driveways
(!)

[dannyk13]

It would appear that even if they had an MP they would not get air time.
Based on evidence of public support, Ofcom advises which political parties should be offered a minimum of two party election broadcasts on each of the relevant channels. Ofcom is describing these parties as ‘larger parties’, formerly referred to as ‘major parties’.

[EDDIE51]

Thanks for the link, looks to me as if they will get just 1 election broadcast slot if the party is still in existence, come the next election!

[ichkeria]

By the next election there'll be at least 2 UKIPs. What with Banks's UKIP 2.0 .

[EDDIE51]

The 'Monster Raving Loony Party' are far older than UKIP and their leader fights every general election ( and always loses his deposit) but I have yet to see an election broadcast for them.

[EDDIE51]

Monster Raving Loony Party was founded in 1983.
Here is it's manifesto, some of these are quite a good idea especially number 4!
http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge10/man/parties/OMRL.html

[ABerrant]

Here is the first ever Party Election Broadcast by the Official Monster Raving Loony Party ahead of the 2016 Welsh Assembly elections...

https://www.loonyparty.com/2917/5521/our-party-election-broadcast-for-the-welsh-assembly/

[EDDIE51]

^^ If they do a party political broadcast as good as that for the 2020 election it will become the best PPB ever! Only time I have laughed out loud at a 'political broadcast'!

[jno]

many of the MRLP's proposals have become law.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/usvsth3m/7-monster-raving-loony-party-5644717

[Peter Pedant]

I got this

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/16250/ppbrules.pdf

is it the same as Mikey's
anyway some reading for you
( not having a good sight day myself)

[Peter Pedant]

and anyway I am sure that another raving monster loony will come forward and stand for UKIP again

I agree that Paul ("the Nutter") Nuttall has a bit of problem at the moment - isnt it more significant that Arron Thingey has at last baggered orf and stopped contributing money ?

what is UKIPs view on westmonster ?
lock everyone away I suppose ..... more deportations more concetration camps ....

[mikey4444]

ABerrant....thanks for the link....actually, their Party Political broadcast was quite normal compared to UKIP's !