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re: UK election exit polls are out
Posted on 6/8/17 at 5:25 pm to John Keating
Posted on 6/8/17 at 5:25 pm to John Keating
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No, that is essentially their platform although I think your statement of Romanians is unnecessarily narrow. "frick Europe" is much more accurate.
UKIP's entire 'we need Brexit' campaign was that too many Romanians and Poles were coming over and taking 'British jobs'. It rarely touched on Islam until right before Brexit (although many of their leadership could be trolled into nonsense Muslim bashing - for example, the hilarious 'Westminster Cathedral is a mosque' gaffe).
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Considering the party has no seats to lose, only to gain, I fail to see this supposition
They have no seats. They will gain no seats. The Trout has spent more time in the US with Trump than he has in the UK trying to keep his party (and it is his party) afloat. And they have gone completely off the deep end over the last few months. They'll be the BNP by the next election.
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Posted on 6/8/17 at 5:40 pm to TN Bhoy
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UKIP's entire 'we need Brexit' campaign was that too many Romanians and Poles were coming over and taking 'British jobs'. It rarely touched on Islam until right before Brexit
While I can agree that their campaign touched on Islamism little, I still think that your other point is an oversimplification. The motivation was much broader than Romanians and Poles taking British jobs. While that was indeed a flashpoint, the thrust encompassed a whole set of issues with Brussels, the power and control invested in the EU, and how that power and control was utilized regarding Britain and its sovereignty. The points included trade, human rights, subsidies, budget, agriculture, legal, and finance, among others.
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