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[bubosquared]

*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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[wibbble]

Want to know the worst bit?

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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This means that UKIP, the xenophobic little shits, are standing in enough seats to get Party Election Broadcasts.

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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The entire party is a joke. It has no real leadership, and most of its press has been over its internal in-fighting (which led to 'Veritas' with Kilroy-Silk in charge).

Oh!

Turns out I'm an idiot and Beltane is tonight, if you're interested?

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Ha! I thought it was tonight and not yesterday! I'm feeling up to snuff today, so sure. Are you two going to actually go as early as 6, or nearer the actual start of the thing?

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We're planning to leave here sometime after eight - since that's when Doctor Who finishes. :oD

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Cool. I have to check how to get there from here, but let's say we meet at half past eight? Ish?

[wibbble]

Any bus to Princes Street, and then walk up to the hill. How about we meet at the statue of Wellington at the junction at the top of North Bridge?

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That sounds perfect. I can get a direct bus and everything, even. Yay!