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Robin9 · May 18th 15, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric[_3_]

On 2015-05-17, Robin9 wrote:
On 2015-05-15, The Real Doctor wrote:
On 15/05/15 20:13, d wrote:
There are some good well meaning people in the party who have genuine
concerns about control by Brussels.

Yeah, right, and the Socialist Workers' Party is full of people with a
genuine concern for the poor.

But unfortunately they're outnumbered by the idiots
and you can see what happens when idiots get voted into power - towit the
SNP.

The SNP were almost voted into power in 2007 and formed a minority
government. That was sufficiently popular that they were properly voted
into power as a majority government in 2011. That was sufficiently
popular that they were voted in to represent Scotland in 56 out of 59
Scottish constituencies this month. It's therefore a little hard to see
what disasters you think happened.

Mind you, it's always amusing to here UKIP supporters such as yourself
use precisely opposing arguments to explain why (a) Scotland MUST stay
in the UK and (b) why the UK MUST leave Europe. It sounds like a pretty
good example of cognitive dissonance which is easily resolved by
recognizing that UKIP are a bunch of loony little Englanders who loathe
all foreigners and classify Scots as foreign.

It's never amusing to hear UKIP detractors such as yourself use ill
thought-out generalisations to denigrate people who hold an alternative
opinion.

I voted UKIP ten days ago so I qualify as a UKIP supporter.

a) I do not say Scotland MUST stay in the UK;
b) I do not say UK MUST leave the European Union although I recognise
that it may be eventually become advantageous to do so;

It will never be advantageous for me personally for the UK to leave the
EU. I am sure I am a very, very long way from being the only one.

c) I am not a little Englander and I do not hate all foreigners;
d) I do not classify Scots as foreign.

I live in Leyton, one of the most cosmopolitan areas of London. I could
easily afford to move to an all-white part of the country but I choose
to
stay in Leyton.

I suggest you refrain from glib and specious generalisations and instead
try to understand why around 4 million people voted UKIP in the recent
election.

But your list above doesn't really help in understanding that. So why
did you vote UKIP?

Eric
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My "list" was a response, not an attempt to educate.

I voted UKIP because I refuse on principle to vote Tory, Labour or Liberal-
Democrat, all three of whom have no real concern either for the practicality
of running this country properly or for the well-being of the British people.

I regard the three main parties as akin to the war lords in Afghanistan:
interested in power for its own sake.