Guest post – Common UKIP Tropes.

If you spend any amount of time discussing UKIP on social media, then you'll very quickly run into some UKIP supporters. Some of these are merely UKIP voters, while some are full UKIP members & activists (or even candidates).  But they all seem to have a few arguments in common. "UKIP are winning elections" Well … Continue reading Guest post – Common UKIP Tropes.

The UKIP Policy Shop Sketch (with apologies to Monty Python)

Customer (John Cleese): Good Morning. Shopkeeper (Michael Palin): Good morning, Sir. Welcome to the UKIP Policy Emporium! C: Thank you my good man. S: What can I do for you, sir? C: Well, I was sitting in the public library on Thurman Street just now, skimming through 'Rogue Herries' by Hugh Walpole, and I suddenly … Continue reading The UKIP Policy Shop Sketch (with apologies to Monty Python)

Britain First and EDL attend Farage and UKIP campaign rally at Winter Gardens, Margate.

"Ukip leader Nigel Farage will make a final push for votes at the European election when he leads a campaign rally in Margate today. Security is expected to be tight for the event at the Winter Gardens and organisers anticipate it will attract an audience of several hundred supporters." http://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/protest-ahead-of-farage-rally-17408/ Can you see them in those … Continue reading Britain First and EDL attend Farage and UKIP campaign rally at Winter Gardens, Margate.

What is the truth about the alleged ‘brick attack’ on Gerard Batten’s home in London?

 14th May - 11:46 UPDATE: ITV News have now covered the story here: Furthermore, Paul Nuttall, deputy leader of UKIP has made allegations that the attack is linked to Hope Not Hate. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/14/ukip-leader-blames-media-for-alleged-attack-on-meps-home Alleged attack nothing at all to do with Batten's stance on Muslims then? http://www.loonwatch.com/2014/03/exposed-muslim-charter-ukip-mep-gerard-batten-directly-linked-to-extremist-anti-muslim-propaganda-network/ No sir. No way. We must make clear … Continue reading What is the truth about the alleged ‘brick attack’ on Gerard Batten’s home in London?

UKIP MEP candidate calls for anti-UKIP protestors to be arrested for ‘hate crime’ ahead of UKIP meeting.

Janice Atkinson, UKIP MEP Candidate for the South East refers to the definition of 'hate crime' as: "Hate crime involves any criminal offence which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a personal characteristic. Hate crime can be motivated by disability, gender identity, race, … Continue reading UKIP MEP candidate calls for anti-UKIP protestors to be arrested for ‘hate crime’ ahead of UKIP meeting.

Buzzfeed community post about Britain First comes back!

UPDATE 22:19 12/05/14 It's back, with SIX reasons! http://www.buzzfeed.com/francescaweareallc/six-reasons-why-you-should-never-share-britain-fir-oqlk This morning a great community post was shared on Buzzfeed about Five reasons why you should never share Britain First memes ...but later in the day it vanished. This is the google cache link http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:EwBppkier24J:www.buzzfeed.com/francescaweareallc/five-reasons-why-you-should-never-share-britain-fi-oqlk+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk And here are screenshots of the cache.   We have blogged before … Continue reading Buzzfeed community post about Britain First comes back!

UKIP’s latest ‘facts’, straight from the Daily Mail.

UKIP's London Region MEP candidate and Southwark UKIP Chairwoman tweeted this today. It's UKIP's new poster going up in your area soon. Guess where the 'facts' come from? Yup, The Daily Mail. Are they for real? And they think they think they should be nominated for a Turner Prize, for that?! Get out of here. … Continue reading UKIP’s latest ‘facts’, straight from the Daily Mail.

Winston McKenzie, UKIP, police raids, X Factor, and his views on gay couples adopting children and gay people ‘pretending to be gay’.

Winston Truman McKenzie (born 23 October 1953) is a British politician and former boxer, notable for having joined every major political party and having stood as an independent or minor party candidate on numerous occasions without success. He also ran a pub in Parchmore Road, Thornton Heath, with his brothers. They opened it as the … Continue reading Winston McKenzie, UKIP, police raids, X Factor, and his views on gay couples adopting children and gay people ‘pretending to be gay’.

What have UKIP got against animals and stronger wildlife protections?

What have UKIP MEPs got against animals? Elephants for example? This article from Wildlife News outlines their stance. http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2014/ukip-leads-fight-against-stronger-wildlife-protection/ and it's easy to find out for yourself. Go here http://www.votewatch.eu/ and search 'Combating wildlife crime' and see how UKIP MEPs voted and search by the following filters in following screenshot, hence these results. "The question … Continue reading What have UKIP got against animals and stronger wildlife protections?

Britain First jump on the Halal and Pizza Express bandwagon.

Earlier this morning we blogged about Britain First and how they are going to 'deploy armoured patrol vehicles to protect UKIP' https://exposingukip.wordpress.com/2014/05/07/britain-first-to-deploy-armoured-patrol-vehicles-to-protect-ukip/ Now they are jumping on the Daily Mail article about halal chicken being used by Pizza Express. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2622052/Pizza-Express-reveal-chicken-use-halal-dont-tell-customers-unless-ask-staff.html Here is their post on Facebook, drumming up support. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=460625150749418&set=a.346633882148546.1073741826.300455573433044&type=1&theater What of course they fail … Continue reading Britain First jump on the Halal and Pizza Express bandwagon.