Could This Labour Mp Be The Next Politician To Move Over To Ukip?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2845701/Top-London-Labour-MP-admits-party-lost-touch-core-working-class-voters-feels-adrift-large-parts-Britain.html

/// In a powerful critique of Mr Miliband’s party, Tottenham MP David Lammy – a London mayoral frontrunner – said Labour’s traditional working class base was being driven away by the ‘disdain’ of ‘liberal, professional’ frontbenchers who failed to understand their anger about immigration. ///

/// That doesn’t mean we should be complacent about bringing people from different cultures together in modern Britain, from encouraging newcomers to learn English, to protecting our national heritage and getting serious about a national civic service for all young people. ///

/// But most of all, we can’t allow ourselves to believe that patriotism is something to sneer at. ///

[ChillDoubt]

But I reserve the right to call UKIP an absolute shower, which is what they are.
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There you go again, 'Thornberrying'. Same dismissive attitude that's costing Labour as much as the Tories, both in electorate and Shadow Cabinet.

[ichkeria]

I think that is rather unfair: all parties get dismissed by their opponents in various terms (especially on here) and I don't see that UKIP should be immune to that. However that is why UKIP are onto a winner at the moment, because criticising them automatically makes you "part of the great elite"
Utter rubbish, of course but it will take perhaps a while for that to become evident. Probably when the novelty wears off :-)

[-Talbot-]

But I reserve the right to call UKIP an absolute shower, which is what they are.


I find mikey's intolerance rather funny and ironic.

[ChillDoubt]

No, criticising them automatically or labelling them racist(yawn) out of hand is de rigeur and ignoring the fact that they are addressing the genuine concerns of a large portion of the electorate and picking up Labour, Tory and most importantly floating/undecided voters.
It's just that some refuse to believe what's happening right in front of them.

[tonyav]

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/magazine/rochester-and-strood-by-election-jumping-ship-the-tory-mps-most-likely-to-join-reckless-in-defecting-to-ukip/ar-BBeOYFJ

[DTCwordfan]

And that is why Cameron and Miliband will come up with the solution to immigration that I have been banging on about, in tightening up the conditions of qualifications for benefits for Alex and Andreea E-Europe and Ali and Noor Al-Pakistani.

If they did this, a lot of the pus in the zit called Nigel Farage (note: anagram being Egara_Flegin) would be squeezed out straight away and no reason for Cameron to be throwing his EU hissy fits around.

[ChillDoubt]

And that is why Cameron and Miliband will come up with the solution to immigration that I have been banging on about.
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By they won't be allowed to by the EU unless we leave, surely?

[DTCwordfan]

why not, chill...these are the conditions that other countries are practising - it's within Community 'law' to permit us to do this. Just take a look at this, all we need to do is reposition to the bottom of the pile instead of being top of the gravy train - and double or treble conditions for non-EUites

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/10391238/Benefits-in-Europe-country-by-country.html