Anti-UKIP Bias and out and out fibs in the media are not restricted to TV and national newspapers, even the local press are at it, take for example, Maxine Irving's column, Maxine's Week, Wells Journal, 5th June, 2014.
She seems to think we should appreciate her "wisdom" that she is not happy (and implies therefore that we shouldn't be happy either) that UKIP could end up running things.
Why did Maxine tell us "Wily old Tory Kenneth Clarke ... wisely said ... only 1 in 10 voted UKIP ...". Is she saying he is wise because he is pro-EU? Why is that wise? Because it agrees with Maxine's opinion?
Maxine then goes on to ask the public "Why are UKIP supporters so anti-Europe? That question contains within it a huge lie! UKIP are NOT anti-Europe, they are anti-EU, a very different concept. Maxine wraps up in her question the thought that UKIP are against the people of Europe, anti-Foreigner, not only is that too a lie but its a very nasty one, intended to engender negative feelings in the minds of the public, for no other reason than UKIP have the audacity to disagree with Maxine's view.
As for the other part of her question, "Why did so many people vote for the party?" I shall ignore that this sounds like she thinks there is something wrong with people who vote UKIP; but I can help her with some of the reasons people do so.
UKIP are anti-EU because the EU is anti-democratic. The EU Commission is unelected, yet creates much of the legislation that is forced upon the member states, including of course, the UK. The "European Council" has a president, Herman Van Rompuy, but no one elected him, certainly the citizens of the EU did not. The EU parliament has over 700 MEPs, but they cannot create legislation. At best they can only delay it. If they try to block legislation the EU Commission wants, the Commission will keep bringing it back until it is agreed.
The self-appointed masters and architects of the EU regard the citizens of Europe as a nuisance at best. When Ireland said "No" in their famous referendum, the EU informed them that was the wrong answer and to go away and do it again. The vice president of the EU Commission, Viviane Reding has told us, "We need to build a United States of Europe with the Commission as government"; this sounds more like the USSR with the EU Commission being its Polit Bureau, an EUSSR if you will!
Regarding our laws, despite the ludicrous claims of Nick Clegg, Viviane Reding herself tells us, "Seventy per cent of the laws in this country (she meant the UK - she was in London at the time of her statement) are co-decided by the European Parliament".
Regarding immigration, UKIP are NOT racist, but they do see that unqualified, unfiltered (e.g. no criminals please!), mass immigration does not make any sense. I find it strange that the political left think other people's cultures should "celebrated" whilst at the same time, they are happy to have our own culture consigned to history. Many of the key people in the EU openly want to see our country destroyed as a nation state; Peter Sutherland, the EU's "migration chief", has said "The EU should "do its best to undermine the 'homogeneity'of its member states.".
We did not get to vote on any of this.
Next, Maxine tries to brand anyone that wants to defy this EUSSR Socialist empire, (i.e., anyone that votes UKIP) as a bunch of people, living in the past who "yearn for the days of Empire, when Britain ruled the waves" and that they "really believe that turning the clock back would solve all our ills." ... Well Maxine, one thing is for sure, the EU will not solve anything. But your claim is ludicrous. All UKIP want to happen, is for the people of the UK to have their say in the running of the UK, and not to be dictated to by people in Brussels that were never voted in and we cannot vote out. Is that so bad?
Maxine goes on to say people voted for UKIP because of immigration and then informs us immediately that if there is one thing that annoys her more than anything - its racism. The blatant lie, that deliberate and mischievous association, that UKIP are racist, is all the left and the Lib Dems have remaining with which to fight UKIP. But it is dirty tactics. It is cruel, underhanded and nasty, and it is a deception of which the left and the Lib Dems should be thoroughly ashamed.
Maxine, UKIP cannot abide racism either! Yes, there have been much publicised accounts in the anti-UKIP media of racists among the membership. But what the media don't say is that UKIP deal with the racists, unlike the other parties.
Maxine is quite correct to tell us that Britain has always been a nation of immigrants; the difference is, over the last two decades, it has been the sheer numbers over a very short space of time that has alarmed people, and rightly so. Who asked the people already here, (of all ethnic origins) if they wanted further huge waves of immigration? Are we not allowed an opinion? Does political correctness over-rule the rights of ordinary people to express an opinion? What other countries allow immigrants into their country, with no work, no money, some with criminal backgrounds? None, except perhaps other members of the EU who have lost control of their own country just as we have, just because the EU Commission have decreed it.
So, being unable any more to counter the arguments, the "progressive" left try to silence the "UKIP threat" with wild accusations and those old debate-ending keywords, "racists", "xenophobes" etc. Well those old silencing words do not kill the debate any more. People are waking up to the lies of the "politically correct" and the failed "multicultural" experiment. People have had enough of being told to shut up and accept what the EU decides. They are sick of it.
UKIP threaten the old establishment. That terrified establishment doesn't like these upstarts muscling in on the old three party game. But they don't know how to handle them. They try calling them "far right" when in fact UKIP do not belong to any poltical "wing". They are a libertarian party drawing their membership from across the whole political spectrum. And people are liking what they hear. UKIP is relatively new and for that reason sometimes gets things wrong, but they will stand up and admit it and then put it right. A far cry from the shifty and deceitful, corrupt old parties.
She seems to think we should appreciate her "wisdom" that she is not happy (and implies therefore that we shouldn't be happy either) that UKIP could end up running things.
Why did Maxine tell us "Wily old Tory Kenneth Clarke ... wisely said ... only 1 in 10 voted UKIP ...". Is she saying he is wise because he is pro-EU? Why is that wise? Because it agrees with Maxine's opinion?
Maxine then goes on to ask the public "Why are UKIP supporters so anti-Europe? That question contains within it a huge lie! UKIP are NOT anti-Europe, they are anti-EU, a very different concept. Maxine wraps up in her question the thought that UKIP are against the people of Europe, anti-Foreigner, not only is that too a lie but its a very nasty one, intended to engender negative feelings in the minds of the public, for no other reason than UKIP have the audacity to disagree with Maxine's view.
As for the other part of her question, "Why did so many people vote for the party?" I shall ignore that this sounds like she thinks there is something wrong with people who vote UKIP; but I can help her with some of the reasons people do so.
UKIP are anti-EU because the EU is anti-democratic. The EU Commission is unelected, yet creates much of the legislation that is forced upon the member states, including of course, the UK. The "European Council" has a president, Herman Van Rompuy, but no one elected him, certainly the citizens of the EU did not. The EU parliament has over 700 MEPs, but they cannot create legislation. At best they can only delay it. If they try to block legislation the EU Commission wants, the Commission will keep bringing it back until it is agreed.
The self-appointed masters and architects of the EU regard the citizens of Europe as a nuisance at best. When Ireland said "No" in their famous referendum, the EU informed them that was the wrong answer and to go away and do it again. The vice president of the EU Commission, Viviane Reding has told us, "We need to build a United States of Europe with the Commission as government"; this sounds more like the USSR with the EU Commission being its Polit Bureau, an EUSSR if you will!
Regarding our laws, despite the ludicrous claims of Nick Clegg, Viviane Reding herself tells us, "Seventy per cent of the laws in this country (she meant the UK - she was in London at the time of her statement) are co-decided by the European Parliament".
Regarding immigration, UKIP are NOT racist, but they do see that unqualified, unfiltered (e.g. no criminals please!), mass immigration does not make any sense. I find it strange that the political left think other people's cultures should "celebrated" whilst at the same time, they are happy to have our own culture consigned to history. Many of the key people in the EU openly want to see our country destroyed as a nation state; Peter Sutherland, the EU's "migration chief", has said "The EU should "do its best to undermine the 'homogeneity'of its member states.".
We did not get to vote on any of this.
Next, Maxine tries to brand anyone that wants to defy this EUSSR Socialist empire, (i.e., anyone that votes UKIP) as a bunch of people, living in the past who "yearn for the days of Empire, when Britain ruled the waves" and that they "really believe that turning the clock back would solve all our ills." ... Well Maxine, one thing is for sure, the EU will not solve anything. But your claim is ludicrous. All UKIP want to happen, is for the people of the UK to have their say in the running of the UK, and not to be dictated to by people in Brussels that were never voted in and we cannot vote out. Is that so bad?
Maxine goes on to say people voted for UKIP because of immigration and then informs us immediately that if there is one thing that annoys her more than anything - its racism. The blatant lie, that deliberate and mischievous association, that UKIP are racist, is all the left and the Lib Dems have remaining with which to fight UKIP. But it is dirty tactics. It is cruel, underhanded and nasty, and it is a deception of which the left and the Lib Dems should be thoroughly ashamed.
Maxine, UKIP cannot abide racism either! Yes, there have been much publicised accounts in the anti-UKIP media of racists among the membership. But what the media don't say is that UKIP deal with the racists, unlike the other parties.
Maxine is quite correct to tell us that Britain has always been a nation of immigrants; the difference is, over the last two decades, it has been the sheer numbers over a very short space of time that has alarmed people, and rightly so. Who asked the people already here, (of all ethnic origins) if they wanted further huge waves of immigration? Are we not allowed an opinion? Does political correctness over-rule the rights of ordinary people to express an opinion? What other countries allow immigrants into their country, with no work, no money, some with criminal backgrounds? None, except perhaps other members of the EU who have lost control of their own country just as we have, just because the EU Commission have decreed it.
So, being unable any more to counter the arguments, the "progressive" left try to silence the "UKIP threat" with wild accusations and those old debate-ending keywords, "racists", "xenophobes" etc. Well those old silencing words do not kill the debate any more. People are waking up to the lies of the "politically correct" and the failed "multicultural" experiment. People have had enough of being told to shut up and accept what the EU decides. They are sick of it.
UKIP threaten the old establishment. That terrified establishment doesn't like these upstarts muscling in on the old three party game. But they don't know how to handle them. They try calling them "far right" when in fact UKIP do not belong to any poltical "wing". They are a libertarian party drawing their membership from across the whole political spectrum. And people are liking what they hear. UKIP is relatively new and for that reason sometimes gets things wrong, but they will stand up and admit it and then put it right. A far cry from the shifty and deceitful, corrupt old parties.
So Maxine, UKIP do not have a problem with the colour of anyone's skin; I suggest you check out the swollen ranks of new UKIP MEPs, even you might have a surprise.
Next up, Maxine paints for us a picture of hard working Poles and Romanians carrying out "back-breaking work" in our Lincolnshire fields. This is a popular myth peddled again by the left and the Lib Dems. Apparently, these fearless, hard-working Eastern Europeans come to Britain to do the jobs on the minimum wage or less, that our own terrible, idle British people won't do. These EU workers are filling the exchequer with much needed tax revenues, again, apparently. Yet examination of this oft-repeated myth reveals the truth, even if it is less romantic. If these workers are working for the minimum wage or less, they will be unlikely to be contributing much to our exchequer, indeed, they are more likely to be recipients of "in-work benefits", as they will be classed as being on low incomes. I should also point out that many of them also claim child-benefit for any children back in their home country and send the money back home to them.
A popular trick that has been widely distributed back to Eastern European countries and is now commonly used, is that people come here and look for jobs of a maximum of 16 hours per week. They then top up their income with in-work benefits as well as taking on "casual work".The income they end up on is huge compared to that they can make back in their own countries. As one young Polish person said to me, "I can't believe how stupid your government is!". Well, you know what? neither can I.
And does Maxine seriously expect us to believe the crops in the fields of Lincolnshire were left to rot before the days the eastern Europeans came to rescue them? Again, utter nonsense. But don't let the truth get in the way of a good anti-UKIP message, ay Maxine?
No one is blaming strangers for all our ills. I do not blame the huge numbers of immigrants that come here for better lives, who wouldn't? I blame successive governments for their corruption and social experiments that have laid waste to this once great country. All the main parties have abandoned their core voters. Labour, once the champions of the working class, now hate their old supporters, referring to them, as Gordon Brown demonstrated with Gillian Duffy when, just because she expressed concern about mass immigration, Brown commented, "she was just a sort of bigoted woman". This is the same mass immigration, started by Labour, by their own admission, "to rub the right's nose in diversity" ... and presumably to bring in much needed grateful voters to replace those Labour have abandoned!
Yes, I shall be voting UKIP in future and I am proud to do so, because they offer common sense rather than the destructive policies of the self-serving career politicians who have got things so badly wrong; I could forgive them if they cared or regretted the damage they have done, but they do not. They all jockey for cushy jobs on the EU gravy train which is why all parties except UKIP want the Socialist federal empire-building EU.
On a final note, when are we going to get back to reporting the truth in journalism? Call me naive, but there was a day, I remember, when lies to garner support for favourite parties were frowned upon. Yes, there have always been "Opinion Columns" and party allegiances in the press, but the vast mess of lies that fills the pages of much of the press these days is breath-taking and depressing.
I hope to see a day when the Union flag flies over the House of Commons for a reason, rather than an old symbol of what used to be.
Cheers Nigel!
Extremely good article and shows how the press can distort the truth about UKIP.
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