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*stares at UK Independence Party commercial*
... This is a parody, right? They cannot be serious. Please tell me this is a joke?
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*stares at UK Independence Party commercial*
... This is a parody, right? They cannot be serious. Please tell me this is a joke?
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1) Immigration is out of control and the immigrants are PLOTTING AGAINST US;
2) The EU is a giant aquid who's destroying our democracy and stealing our penion money.
... I only wish I were joking, here.
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Next time I talk to my dad, must remember to inform him he's working for a gaint lobster. :D
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Political parties aren't allowed to buy advert time like companies - they get given free space for 'Party Election Broadcasts'. You only get that space if your party is contesting a reasonable number of seats (and more seats = more slots, and in better times).
This means that UKIP, the xenophobic little shits, are standing in enough seats to get Party Election Broadcasts.
Thankfully, they won't win anything. They're a protest party, and nothing more. The mood in the country is distinctly against them (there was a superb programme on Channel 4 which hosted a really good debate, and the (statistically selected) audience ended up very much /against/ UKIP-style policies), and they've repeatedly come off as nothing more than the BNP in suits.
They're scummy as hell, but not a real threat. The real problem is the Tories, who have been forced to the far right by Labour and actually adopt (on the quiet) some UKIP-style policies.
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Yep, I believe I saw them boasting about challenging somewhere in the neighbourhood of 400 seats? Something like that. That would explain the lengthy-ass blithering.
I was just really thrown by the broadcast. I mean, immigrants "plotting" and the EU is a GIANT SQUID and WTF? WTFFingF? I actually sat there for a few moments going "You have got to be joking." They actually expect to be taken seriously with a broadcast like that?
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Oh!
Turns out I'm an idiot and Beltane is tonight, if you're interested?
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And if you thought that was bad - I believe the
spawn of satanBNP had a party politic broadcast slot as well.*seethes*
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I'm mostly trying to pretend the elections don't exist. (Can't vote, anyway, and the political system still confuses me somewhat, so.) Just wait till the next Belgian elections. I'll be blathering and ranting till the cows get home, then. Heh.
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