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February 27th, 2008 · 11 Comments

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  • 1 Matthew // Feb 27, 2008 at 12:07 pm

    Bloody hell, your party is even more of a shambles than we thought.

  • 2 Kay Tie // Feb 27, 2008 at 12:16 pm

    I just don’t think a single-issue party is tenable in our democratic system. Much better if there were a party founded on principles such as individual freedom with a minimal state, which then led directly to a policy of withdrawal from the EU.

  • 3 Martin // Feb 27, 2008 at 12:46 pm

    “I just don’t think a single-issue party is tenable in our democratic system.”

    UKIP is not a single issue party. The reason I’m a member is that it’s the only party to comittd to completely reversing Scottish devolution.

  • 4 Kay Tie // Feb 27, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    “UKIP is not a single issue party.”

    So why is it called UKIP?

  • 5 Kay Tie // Feb 27, 2008 at 12:52 pm

    “the only party to comittd to completely reversing Scottish devolution.”

    So subsidiarity is good when it’s taking powers from Brussels, and bad when it’s taking powers from London. I see.

  • 6 Martin // Feb 27, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    “So subsidiarity is good when it’s taking powers from Brussels, and bad when it’s taking powers from London. I see.”

    Good. I’m glad I don’t have to spell out the fact that London and Scotland still form part of the same nation - one which does not include Brussels.

  • 7 Kay Tie // Feb 27, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    “I’m glad I don’t have to spell out the fact that London and Scotland still form part of the same nation”

    Tsk. And here was me thinking the ‘I’ in UKIP stood for Independence, not realising it actually stands for ‘Imperial’.

    You’d better scoot along and find some Redcoats in order “the rebellious Scots to crush.”

  • 8 Martin // Feb 27, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    “You’d better scoot along and find some Redcoats in order “the rebellious Scots to crush.”

    As Montcalm found at Quebec, us Scots tended to make the best Redcoats.

  • 9 dearieme // Feb 27, 2008 at 11:11 pm

    Misquotation, my dear; actually “rebellious Scots to crush.” No “the”, so the meaning is quite different.

  • 10 Kay Tie // Feb 28, 2008 at 12:01 am

    “No “the”, so the meaning is quite different.”

    Damn, you noticed. I stand by my words, naturally.

  • 11 So Much For Subtlety // Feb 29, 2008 at 8:34 am

    Kay Tie - “So subsidiarity is good when it’s taking powers from Brussels, and bad when it’s taking powers from London. I see.”

    I can’t speak for UKIP but if they had a consistent policy of devolving as much power as possible (even more than Scotland has) to the historic counties of Britain (and the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish equivalents) I would support them. Needless to say this would also end Scottish devolution as all their powers would be given to Scottish local governments who would not give them back to Edinburgh.

    We just don’t take subsidiary far enough as a principle.

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