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Tory Mp Carswell Switches To Ukip
He will stand down as MP for Clacton to seek re-election in a by-election.
If he wins the by-election he will be the first UKIP MP to take a seat in Westminster. Don't go and upset Nigel, now!
BBC News - Tory MP Carswell switches to UKIP http:// bbc.in/ VPpz8Y
If he wins the by-election he will be the first UKIP MP to take a seat in Westminster. Don't go and upset Nigel, now!
BBC News - Tory MP Carswell switches to UKIP http://
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Just looked a little bit closer at the Clacton seat and it might not be as cut and dried Conservative as I thought. It is a new seat and comprises of what was previously the Harwich constituency . In 2001, Harwich was Labour. In 2005, Carswell won it for the Conservative s but by only 902 votes. In 2010, Carswell won the new constituency by 12,000 votes. If Carswell...
14:27 Thu 28th Aug 2014
But Chili.....Farage was the Leader of UKIP during the 2010 Election, so he has to accept responsibility for his Parties actions. He campaigned on a Manifesto that was clearly drivel, but didn't come clean at the time. That is hardly the actions of a "honest, straight-talking" person. It is duplicity itself.
If the Leader of the Labour Party had done the same, you would have been shouting it from the roof tops, and quite rightly so. Why is it good for the goose but not the gander ?
Please explain the hypocrisy !
If the Leader of the Labour Party had done the same, you would have been shouting it from the roof tops, and quite rightly so. Why is it good for the goose but not the gander ?
Please explain the hypocrisy !
Afternoon Sqad...not seeing so much of you on here of late !
Yes....I didn't understand that either. If he loses the by-election, he not only loses his safe-ish seat, but his considerable livelihood as well. The Tories will not want him back, and UKIP will view him as damaged goods. He also risks letting in Labour by the back door, as the right-wing vote will be split.
I think he is being a bit of a pillock here myself !
Yes....I didn't understand that either. If he loses the by-election, he not only loses his safe-ish seat, but his considerable livelihood as well. The Tories will not want him back, and UKIP will view him as damaged goods. He also risks letting in Labour by the back door, as the right-wing vote will be split.
I think he is being a bit of a pillock here myself !
"I don't follow you. if he loses and the Tory wins.............he is out of Politics big time. "
My point is that a lot of these people are playing the "long game". In any case, if he loses he'll be back with the Tories, mark my words. By that time possibly a Tory party under new leadership, even more Eurosceptic and xenophobic than the current one.
A view seemingly shared, interestingly, by the chap who had been selected to fight the seat for the Farage party. He doesn't seem to share his Fuhrer's high opinion of Mr Carswell at all. What was it he said "People like him are here one minute gone the next" or words to that effect :-)
My point is that a lot of these people are playing the "long game". In any case, if he loses he'll be back with the Tories, mark my words. By that time possibly a Tory party under new leadership, even more Eurosceptic and xenophobic than the current one.
A view seemingly shared, interestingly, by the chap who had been selected to fight the seat for the Farage party. He doesn't seem to share his Fuhrer's high opinion of Mr Carswell at all. What was it he said "People like him are here one minute gone the next" or words to that effect :-)
No the current Tory party won't have him back.
But many right wing Tories are so disillusioned with what they see as the namby-pamby Cameron-style of Toryism that they would not be disappointed to see the party lose the next election and be "reborn" under a new leader who would not be as soft on Johnny foreigner etc.
It's not hard to see him returning under those circumstances.
Meantime he'll be in UKIP, which is still "being in politics" even if not an MP. Farage may paint UKIP as something that is "not normal politics" but that of course is rubbish :-)
But many right wing Tories are so disillusioned with what they see as the namby-pamby Cameron-style of Toryism that they would not be disappointed to see the party lose the next election and be "reborn" under a new leader who would not be as soft on Johnny foreigner etc.
It's not hard to see him returning under those circumstances.
Meantime he'll be in UKIP, which is still "being in politics" even if not an MP. Farage may paint UKIP as something that is "not normal politics" but that of course is rubbish :-)
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