Ukip Leadership’s Diamond Geezer, may well be minted now but is Seen As A Pain In The Butt By Some!
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IF you have any evidence that can assist the police in relation to this matter PLEASE pass it on to the Police but do keep copies to ensure that the facts are dealt with!
IF you are concerned, for any reason, at contacting the police, by all means send me the material and I will ensure it reaches the police for you, without you being involved.
Tim Aker Ukip MEP
Additional material added 01:30 hrs. – 20 Sep 2016:
3 May 2016 – The Ukip MEP Tim Aker has been voluntarily interviewed by police in relation to an allegation of sexual assault made against him. … The sexual assault allegedly took place in September last year after a Ukip event in Essex. … A spokeswoman for Essex police said: “Police were …
13 May 2016 – The home of Ukip MEP Tim Aker has been searched by police investigating allegations of sexual assault, the Standard can reveal. Officers …
3 May 2016 – A former Ukip activist made the assault allegation against Tim Aker, … Mr Aker, 30, has been MEP for East of England since 2014, and was …
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Norfolk Police were contacted on April 26 with a report of a sexual assault which took place in Essex. Essex Police are investigating this allegation and an allegation of malicious communications relating to letters being sent to a number of individuals. A 30-year-old man from Grays has been voluntarily interviewed and police enquiries are continuing.
I regret I can not now publish a copy of the letter that was circulated, even suitably redacted, norany further details to which I may become privy, however I understand a copy of this statement has now been circulated to other journalists and the story will most likely be published in various national papers and in the local Thurrock newspaper.
I will publish copies of any media material which comes to hand so keep watching Ukip-vs-EUkip
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Here is the police eMail with the recipient’s name etc. REDACTED.
From: REDACTED@essex.pnn.police.uk To: Subject: re: Your enquiry Date: Mon, 2 May 2016
Dear REDACTED
Statement below re: your earlier enquiry. No arrests have been made.
Norfolk Police were contacted on April 26 with a report of a sexual assault which took place in Essex. Essex Police are investigating this allegation and an allegation of malicious communications relating to letters being sent to a number of individuals. A 30-year-old man from Grays has been voluntarily interviewed and police enquiries are continuing.
ESSEX Police have launched an investigation into an alleged sex attack that is said to have taken place in the county.
An Essex Police spokesperson said: “Norfolk Police were contacted on April 26 with a report of a sexual assault which took place in Essex.
“Essex Police are investigating this allegation and an allegation of malicious communications relating to letters being sent to a number of individuals.
“A 30-year-old man from Grays has been voluntarily interviewed and police enquiries are continuing”.
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Additional material added 12:30hrs. 03-May-2016
Police investigate sexual assault allegation against Ukip MEP
Tim Aker, 30, voluntarily interviewed by officers over woman’s claims he sexually assaulted her at Ukip event in Essex last year
Tim Aker has been MEP for East of England since 2014 and was previously head of Ukip’s policy unit. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
The Ukip MEP Tim Aker has been voluntarily interviewed by police in relation to an allegation of sexual assault made against him.
Aker, 30, has been MEP for East of England since 2014 and was previously head of Ukip’s policy unit. He is said to be close to Ukip’s leader, Nigel Farage.
The allegation has been made by a former Ukip activist. The sexual assault allegedly took place in September last year after a Ukip event in Essex.
It is understood that the woman, who is in her 20s, did not immediately report the alleged assault. In December she made a formal complaint to Ukip’s national executive committee (NEC).
On 26 April the woman contacted the police about the alleged assault and officers conducted a video interview with her.
A spokeswoman for Essex police said: “Police were contacted on 26 April with a report of a sexual assault which took place in Essex. Essex police are investigating this allegation. A 30-year-old man from Grays has been voluntarily interviewed and police enquiries are continuing.”
Steve Crowther, chairman of Ukip, said: “I can confirm that the party looked into allegations that were put to us; but it would be inappropriate for us to comment further on something which is subject to a police investigation, until that investigation is complete.”
In an unrelated inquiry, Essex police are investigating allegations of a “malicious communications” campaign targeting Aker, which has been circulated to dozens of politicians and members of the public.
The Essex police spokeswoman confirmed that an allegation of malicious communications relating to letters being sent to a number of individuals, was under investigation by police.
In his statement, Crowther said he was aware “the police are investigating an allegation of malicious communication targeting Tim Aker” and it would be inappropriate to comment further.
Essex Police investigating sexual assault claim against Ukip MEP Tim Aker
Essex Police investigating sexual assault claim against Euro MP
Stephanie Strong
POLICE are investigating a sexual assault claim against a south Essex Ukip MEP.
A former Ukip activist made the assault allegation against Tim Aker, which is said to have taken place in September last year in Essex.
Mr Aker, 30, has been MEP for East of England since 2014, and was previously head of Ukip’s policy unit.
An Essex Police spokesman said: “Norfolk Police were contacted on April 26 with a report of a sexual assault which took place in Essex.
“Essex Police are investigating this allegation and an allegation of malicious communication relating to letters sent to a number of individuals.
“A 30-year-old man from Grays has been voluntarily interviewed and police inquiries are continuing.”
Essex Police has also confirmed it has launched a separate investigation into a leaflet which was circulated at the end of last week, relating to Mr Aker.
A force spokesman said: “Essex Police is investigating an allegation of malicious communications relating to letters being sent to a number of individuals.
“Police were contacted on Thursday, April 28 with details of the incident.
“Enquiries are continuing. Anyone who receives a letter they believe to be malicious should report it to police on 101”.
Steve Crowther, chairman of UKIP, said: “I can confirm that the party looked into allegations that were put to us; but it would be inappropriate for us to comment further on something which is subject to a police investigation, until that investigation is complete.”
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UKIP MEP Tim Aker voluntarily speaks to police over allegations of sexual assault
Posted at 17:20
UKIP MEP and Thurrock councillor Tim Aker has voluntarily spoken to police over allegations of sexual assault.
BBC
Essex Police say they have “spoken to the person” reporting “an allegation and inquiries are continuing”.
Last week anonymous letters were sent round to Thurrock councillors and members of the public making claims against Tim Aker. Sources close to Mr Aker described these letters as making “outrageous claims”.
Essex Police have confirmed that they are also investigating “an allegation of malicious communications relating to letters being sent to a number ofindividuals”.
Steve Crowther, UKIP Chairman, said in a statement: “I can confirm that the party looked into allegations that were put to us; but it would be inappropriate for us to comment further on something which is subject to a police investigation, until that investigation is complete.”
#Ukip, Tim Aker, And The ‘Sexual Assault’ Story – Some Background …
[Caveat: I’m reporting here on what I’ve read in other media, and what I know. Anything else is reported as ‘allegations’, as the politician who is the subject of this article is innocent until proven guilty by a court of law. The problem is, the previous allegation was never investigated properly so, as it stands, it’ll never get to court, never get beyond rumour.Discussions have been ongoing in various forums about whether this information should be put in the Public Domain – not as reporting the current allegation, but as an allegation of a previous incident.
I believe it should. If this gets an allegation of a serious sexual crime actually investigated properly, it’s wholly justified.]
As a veteran campaigner against Racism, Fascism and in particular, Ukip, there’s a story I’ve been aware of for a while. A long while.
About a senior Ukip Official, allegations of a very serious sex crime, and a suspected Ukip cover-up.
Timothy Aker, Ukip MEP with questions to answer.
It’s a story I’ve heard from so many different sources that I’ve been convinced for a long time that it was completely true, but I could never get enough on it to interest the mainstream media.
I also had well-based concerns, along with others, for the welfare of the young female allegedly involved … and so I felt that the issue couldn’t be forced at the time.
Now, a story has broken, covered not just in local Essex newspapers here andhere but in The Guardian. I expect – and hope – that other media outlets will pick up the story and run it.
The Guardian story.
It’s based on the same sources as this detailed blog piece by Greg Lance-Watkins, here, which covers the case in depth, with Facebook posts of comments by the alleged victim.
Trigger warning for the above links – content may be upsetting.]
This is, I think, is in response both to the alleged victim filing a report about the incident, and also in reaction to a ‘malicious letter’ detailing these allegations, sent out to various organisations in the local Thurrock area.
Who sent the letter? I don’t know. (It wasn’t me, by the way).
What I can confirm is my suspicion over the reason why it was sent: Because despite a previous allegation against this person, no serious investigation into said allegation has ever been initiated. I’ve wondered about that. A lot. I suspect the letter was designed to force the issue. (That’s my theory…)
But here’s the thing: The story being reported by the media is actually not the story I, and others, had. It’s a different event, in a different place, involving adifferent female. There is here, quite clearly, a whole can of worms about to be opened.
I firmly believe the first alleged incident has not come to light due to a combination of [quote] “fear tactics and intimidation” [unquote] of the victim, but of course I can’t prove it. It’s only hearsay.
So – what will Ukip’s reaction be? I can take a good guess.
“It’s a well-timed smear campaign with no basis of truth …” Timing was merely due to the fact that the alleged victim took until 26th April to report it. Ukip will no doubt claim that her timing was suspicious but I’m pretty sure, as far as I know, no rival political party had any hand in this timing.
“The ‘Malicious Letter’ was issued by someone from [insert any Political Party here] …” Maybe it was. I don’t actually know. I suspect it was designed to force a police investigation into an allegation of a serious sexual crime – surely something Ukip would welcome? That fact doesn’t detract from the contents of the letter.
“The female involved is a [insert insult] with a history of [insert spurious unfounded allegation] …” I strongly expect this will happen. Ukip will go all guns blazing on the alleged victim with everything they have. The Ukip officials I suspect are on the case have been very quiet today. I think they’re busy, right now, on this. Character assassination is a weapon that Ukip have used before.
“It’s now a matter for the police so we can’t comment …” Well, it is now. But I note that Ukip have failed to take any action on this allegation during all the time we’re convinced they were fully aware of it.
For legal reasons, I can’t go into the details of the previous allegation as I understand that the victim herself in that alleged incident has not make a formal complaint. But what I can tell you is that the County Force in that incident – Lincolnshire Police – were made fully aware of the alleged incident (by a third party, known to me) last year.
They were also made aware of the girl’s age, as well as of other names within Ukip who were allegedly involved, not only in the alleged incident, but in the subsequent cover-up.
I trust now that Lincolnshire Police will properly investigate the previous allegation, and that several individuals (within Ukip) may choose now to either wait for the knock on the door – or reveal what they know.
While they can.
The real story here is much, much bigger: The suspected Ukip cover-up.
I have been advised on very good authority from several sources that certain officials within Ukip, senior to Tim Aker, were fully aware of the incident(s) and, at the very least, chose to take no action.
Lastly, don’t underestimate the seriousness of this matter. ‘Sexual Assault’ is a wide cover-all phrase which both the Police and the Media have to use at this time. This is not some mere allegation of ‘drunken groping’ or ‘wandering hands’ – as the alleged victim’s facebook post imply here[Trigger warning – victims words may be upsetting.]
I strongly believe that when further details of the story come to light, it will become clear that what is being alleged here – is rape.
Discussions have been ongoing in various forums about whether this information should be put in the Public Domain, not as reporting the current allegation, but as an allegation of a previous incident.
I believe it should. From what I have seen personally there is more than enough information on the original incident in Lincolnshire to justify an investigation – but none has taken place.
I expect flak. I expect threats. But I also expect Police to do their jobs and not dismiss these allegations as unfounded without investigating them thoroughly.
I have also been aware of the details John O’Connell has written of, but like him I was aware that there was insufficient evidence for me to present to the police – hence even now I am asking for any evidence that I can pass on to the police, minded that some who have information may be too scared of bullying by Ukip or damage to their own ambitions & well being to put their name to such evidence – maybe related to colleagues or friends!
I have been informed that others were aware to the extent of being involved, but lack hard evidence thereof.
However I would caution that Ukip internal enquiries are all too often just internal whitewash, designed to provide the answers which suit Ukip and Nigel Farage specifically – we need only consider the utterly dishonest outcomes of Ukip Kangarroo Courts such as that which were used to smear the names of Dr. David Abbott, Dr. Eric Edmond, Peter Baker, John West and others.
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Police search home of Ukip MEP Tim Aker after sex assault claim
Interview: Tim Aker spoke to detectives Glenn Copus
The home of Ukip MEP Tim Aker has been searched by police investigating allegations of sexual assault, the Standard can reveal.
Officers searched the house in Grays, Essex, with Mr Aker’s consent, after a former Ukip activist contacted police alleging that the East of England MEP had attacked her.
Mr Aker, 30, who has been an MEP since 2014 and was previously head of Ukip’s policy unit, voluntarily attended a police interview over the claim. The alleged attack is said to have taken place last September after a Ukip event attended by party leader Nigel Farage.
The woman first complained to party chairman Steve Crowther in December and it is understood last month she decided to make a police report after being disappointed with the outcome of the Ukip national executive committee’s review of her complaint.
Officers conducted a video interview with her on April 26 and three days later searched Mr Aker’s home in his presence. Essex police are also investigating an allegation of malicious communications after the alleged victim reported that letters about her and Mr Aker had been sent anonymously to politicians and members of the public. Mr Aker is also understood to have complained to police about the letters.
An Essex police spokeswoman said: “Norfolk police were contacted on April 26 with a report of a sexual assault which took place in Essex… Police inquiries are continuing.”
A spokesman for Ukip said Mr Aker denied the sexual assault allegation against him.
For additional facts including details of other victims
if/when they become legally publishable CLICK HERE
Hi,
it is astonishing how lax the media are when it comes to sexual assault of women by those in some form of elected authority.
Yet in otherr instances they are all over the alleged miscreant like a cheap suit!
You may well have noted that when the notoriously dishonest and corrupt thief Annabelle Fuller having been caught leaving an MP’s flat having stolen his Blackberry phone, some cofidential letters and his House of Commons pass, and having admitted to her criminality after a day drinking and having, according to an MEP who was present in the pub, targeted the MP specifically she made false accusations that the MP had tried to ‘fondle’ her – this story by Annabelle Fuller, who has now changed her name to avoid identification with her past, was plastered all over the national media.
The publicity given of the true victim in that case, who was Andrew Bridgen, contributed to his being divorced and estranged from his own children – yet in the case of the Ukip MEP Tim Aker – also a fairly obscure politician the matter seems to have been hushed up or at best ignored by the media!
Why was Andrew Bridgen pilloried by the media based on a false allegation made by an untrustworthy thief yet when one of the young Ukip volunteers reports an actual rape and an anal rape at that near silence!
It makes one wonder what other crimes are being hushed up in the light of the various allegations being talked of regarding Tim Aker and was his so called foundation a charity with more similarity to those of Jimmy Saville than any legitimate charity!
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From:REDACTED <REDACTED@googlemail.com> Date: 29 April 2016 13:55:04 BST To:REDACTED Subject:Mary
Hi REDACTED
see attached.
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You will note the material below is a series of screen captures from Facebook from amongst those which I have!
Keep checking back on this page as there is much more to come which I have read and checked and hold copies of – including the full signed statement supplied to the police, including an allegation of anal rape + copies of eMails from senior Ukip leadership desperately trying to achieve a cover-up.
containing this extract, which I have always understood to be an allegation of RAPE:
” …. so I gave in to his wanting to have sex, partly out of fear he would be violent again if I refused. During sex he suddenly initiated anal sex without my consent. I told him to stop repeatedly and tried to push him off me, but he held me by my wrists and I could not move my legs due to his weight. The more I struggled the more he seemed to be enjoying himself, so I just gave up and waited until it was over, still begging him to stop and telling him he was hurting me. Once he had finished, he just got up and went to the bathroom. When he returned, he went straight to sleep next to me. I was shocked and traumatised and didn’t know what to do. I barely slept at all that night”.
Clearly it is the duty of the leadership of Ukip to uphold the law not to suppress the truth for their own gain! They should clearly have supported the young woman and encouraged her to report such a serious and violent crime as rape!
I also will supply the names of the Police involved and their names and numbers – also details of a breech of para 106 of the representation of the people act – an attempt by a political rival to gain advantage over a Ukip candidate seeking election who already holds an elected office by publishing the name of his alleged rape victim without the victim’s consent, also using a picture of her without her express permision!
I understand the details have been sent relatively widely) by 2nd class Royal Mail and also distributed by other means, but although I am informed it was distributed for electoral gain I can not as yet verify this by providing a copy of the leaflet, though I know for certain the media are aware of the publication.
The details are already in the hands of responsible foreign media who intend to publish the full story, at their convenience.
I am informed by the media that Ukip’s offices in Grays, strangely in the run up to an election, have been closed for the last few days – possibly since they suspected I had all of this material and an official complaint had been made to the police!
I will also publish the official crime report number when the time is apposite!
Do check back on a regular basis as the entire sad sick story is revealed – both here and in the media!
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Regards,
Greg_L-W.
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Ukip’s Foolish Relationship With ex BNP Rosie Ward In Cornwall & Beyond!Smears them with the BNP link & association with drugs via yet another all too typical failure in selection checking!
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The Curious Case Of #Ukip’s Rosie Ward
As with many of UKIP’s ‘bright young things’, Rosaline ‘Rosie’ Ward’s rise up the UKIP ranks is a tale of back stabbings and cover-ups. It’s the way, in Ukip.
First picked up at a UKIP ‘luncheon’ by outed anti-Semite Stuart Guppy, she was quickly passed around to UKIP Councillor Harry Blakeley, who in turn groomed her for a meteoric climb up UKIP’s greasy pole – which concluded in a rather cushy job in the European Parliament, from all reports doing very little.
Cornwall Councillor Harry Blakeley promotes Rosie Ward’s rise. [Click for email detail].ption
“Blakeley was 69 at the time and a married County Councillor,” explains a former branch officer who has since quit the party.
“He was often seen driving around with her and soon engineered her appointment as Branch Chairman. He also touted her to Nigel personally and attempted to have her employed as YI (UKIP’s youth movement) Press Manager.”
“The fact she was [at 16] younger than his grandchildren didn’t seem to bother him; but a lot of us felt quite uneasy about their relationship. Our parliamentary candidate once commented that he thought Blakeley was ‘infatuated’ with her.”
Indeed, whenever his young protégé was criticised, Blakeley would attack with ferocity, ‘denouncing’ members and the public alike. For the aging Cornwall Councillor, Ward could do no wrong.
So when local patrons found evidence of BNP affiliated articles, authored under her name on Nick Griffin ally, Jack Buckby’s Culturalist website, Blakeley lied to members to get her off the hook.
Steve Crowther, UKIP National Chairman, also weighed in by officially telling concerned staff that he had “concluded that for a 16-year-old it was a mistake which should be acknowledged but should not terminate her political involvement.”
Clearly many in UKIP were prepared to look the other way and continue to promote the young woman in the public eye.
Cornwall Councillor Harry Blakeley attacks members and officials for raising concerns about Ward’s BNP links [Click for email details]
As always Councillor Blakeley was there to save the day and her mandate was reaffirmed.
UKIP soon entered the planning stage for the 2015 general election, and with Camborne & Redruth listed as their third highest target seat UKIP Chairman Steve Crowther was confident that an 18-year-old with no experience was fit to lead the campaign.
Rosie Ward wrote for BNP insider Jack Buckby here with Nick Griffin
“Ward should have never been given that level of responsibility at her age,” comments a former UKIP colleague.
“Putting someone so young into a public position under scrutiny like that, especially when it is UKIP is very irresponsible; but Blakeley refused to entertain any suggestions otherwise. He had his own agenda to keep promoting her and that is exactly what he did.”
“Pointing out that she was making repeated gaffes and ruining her own reputation was seen by Blakeley as ‘unfair criticism’. He even started ghost writing offensive internal letters and asking her to send them out under her name. He should be ashamed of himself.”
Issues came to a head when Camborne & Redruth’s candidate was arrested and charged for animal cruelty. Ward took the wise decision to use this incident to resign from her role. The new candidate, Bob Smith, banned the young ‘kipper’ from any activity in the campaign due to her BNP affiliations; including a keynote speech she was due to give at the YI Conference; much to the chagrin of her replacement … the ever present Councillor Blakeley.
According to comments from a former Camborne and Redruth branch Chairman posted on an internet blog, Ward was told to leak information about the election campaign; including sensitive information about party leader Nigel Farage. This, once again at the behest of Harry Blakeley.
(Ward has since worked hard to remove all references to her BNP work, but caches and links remain active)
“UKIP member and right wing individual” Ward joins a BNP affiliated site
However, for reasons unknown, UKIP’s European level staff, including MEPs, decided to ignore the evidence – and BNP affiliation – and offer the YI member a three month paid intern contract.
What Ward’s duties amounted to at the European Parliament have never been specified, but we’re told that she was “taken under the wing” of senior UKIP advisor, Anthony Brown; who immediately began posting her articles on his personal website.
“Nobody really knew why she was there or what she was doing,” remarks a former colleague. “Apart from taking several coffee breaks a day there didn’t seem to be much output. The main thing I recall was her posting nonsense on social media, and that her housing situation was compromised for much of her stay and she did the rounds asking colleagues for a thousand Euros to pay her deposit.”
Rosie Ward, now 19, has since quit social media and we are told no longer has involvement with the party – although she has been heavily featured in posts by the Leave.EU Campaign.
Ward featured in a ‘Students For Britain’ ‘Brexit’ post.
While her age is a factor, remember UKIP Councillors and even their National Chairman were happy to put this young woman in a high profile public role and use her for their own ends.
Perhaps her involvement with the BNP can be seen as naivete, but it proves once again that UKIP are happy to overlook such affiliations – so long as it helps their cause.
This post is less about Rosie Ward and more about how Ukip, a party dominated by middle-aged males, jumped at the chance of a photogenic token female future candidate, regardless of skills or knowledge. So much so that her BNP history was casually, effortlessly air-brushed away as a minor inconvenience.
We understand that although Ward has been ‘off radar a bit’ recently, this is more due to her studies than any other factor.
We expect her to resurface at some time, branded, polished and with a whitewashed history.
Further to the article at CLICK HERE you could hardly invent the utter incompetence of Ukip in terms of their selection processes which we know and have proved over the years to be a disgrace to British politics with no right to befoul our democracy, in view of their serial corruption.
Now we have further to add to their shame in that Kevan Konnor Collins was selected and elected as a councillor in one of their highest profile target seats Thanet, where Nigel Farage and his cult had assured everyone possible they expected Nigel Farage to be elected as an MP.
Fortunately for Thanet, Farage failed yet again to be elected.
Welcome to our new page and our fresh walter mitty of 2016 Bugger luggs Kevan Konnor Collins, a councillor in Thanet who apparently served in the Paras as an RSM and claims to have received the CGC, the MC and the DSC, as well as an MBE.
Se we did out thing and Konnor Kevan Collins has no CGC, MC or even the DSM – He could not be found on the list of RSMs in the Paras at RHQ and having google extensively the London Gazette could not find evidence of him receiving the CGC.
Here are all the CGC recipients just in case our man had changed name or identity. All but 8 names have been identified.
We contacted four other ex Parachute regiment officers and through all four battalions 1, 2, 3 and 4 and yet none have ever heard of this guy. Which is very strange as claimed to have been awarded “councillor Kevan Konnor Collins MBE, CGC, MC, DSC
Even claiming on a legal claim form
My goodness!! Is very own councillor Kevan Konnor Collins MBE, CGC, MC, DSC the most decorated living veteran in the whole country?
We checked the historical data base at the Parachute training school and of P Coy………..guess what, Yep WHAT A CUMPER! Bets his ears are burning now and what fire it must be!
After a few months of keeping his head down he got a friend to post an apology on his behalf. He stipulated we would need to remove our post exposing him and all reference to his walting. Obviously we refused due to the fact he had since Jan to do it. Since then we heard his loyal supporters wereclaiming it’s fake and not from him, despite Collins friend providing the correct answer to a validation question that only Collins would have known.
Here is the apology
“Dear Walter Mitty hunters Club. As of yesterday I instructed a trusted friend to post this on my behalf due to ill health. You recently published a page alleging that I fabricated service in the Parachute Regiment and that I had inappropriately displayed medals which were not awarded to me. This became a story in the national press to which I am very ashamed and I would like you to post a sincere apology.
I can confirm I have never been a member of the Parachute Regiment. A Regimental Sergeant Major or that I was never awarded any of the medals that I had claimed as my own on several occasions, both in private and social functions in my civic duty’s . I cannot explain why I did it other then I am a fool that let things get carried away.
I am very unwell and I would like the matter to be drawn to a close so I can recover in peace. I have withdrawn from public duties and wish to be left alone.”
UKIP ‘duped by imposter’ claiming to be former Bradford MP’s son
UKIP’s Bradford chairman Jason Smith (right) with David Rooney Former Bradford MP Terry Rooney
Claire Wilde, City Hall Reporter / ClaireW_TandA
THE Bradford branch of UKIP has been accused of being “duped” by an imposter claiming to be the son of a former Bradford MP.
The party had announced that a man calling himself David Rooney was being lined up as a potential parliamentary candidate for Bradford West after “defecting” from Labour, the party for which Terry Rooney held a city seat for 20 years.
UKIP had claimed the defection as a major coup, with the party’s Bradford chairman Jason Smith saying he would back the man as a local election candidate in 2018 and the party’s Bradford West general election candidate for 2020.
But the story, reported in yesterday’s Telegraph & Argus, was met with an angry reaction from Terry Rooney who called it a “complete fabrication.”
And now UKIP chiefs are facing questions about how they appeared to welcome an imposter with a fabricated back-story into their local party.
“David Rooney” had claimed to be the eldest child of the former MP, saying he had left Labour to join UKIP.
But Terry Rooney said the man is not his son. His real son is, in fact, called Peter and lives in Cumbria.
He said: “I am appalled that this has been said. It’s a complete fabrication.
“I am staggered that UKIP have been taken in by this.
“My strong feelings now are for my family who have had their integrity traduced and don’t deserve to have been treated like this.”
David Rooney, a Muslim convert who also goes by the name Mohamed Ali, appeared to have a wealth of detailed information about the Rooney family when interviewed and even claimed his father had requested not to be contacted by the media about his defection.
He had shown the Telegraph & Argus his passport, which was in his Islamic name.
He also runs a Facebook page called UKIP TV, by the name David Rooney.
Mr Smith has called the development “bizarre” and said he had never come across a situation like it in his many years in politics.
“We just took him in good faith,” he said. “To be honest, we would never query who someone is. I have never had any reason to do that.
“He has not just turned up five minutes ago – then I would have been suspicious.
“He has been knocking about for about a year and telling everybody who he was and who he is related to.”
Mr Smith said the man had even been campaigning with UKIP over the weekend and introducing himself to members of the public as the former MP’s son.
He said: “Whether all this is a total fabrication, I don’t know. If Terry Rooney says it is, it must be, presumably.
“We never had any reason to doubt him.
“If this chap is an imposter, we apologise for any offence caused to Terry and his family.”
Mr Smith said David Rooney had not officially been chosen as an election candidate, a process which would have involved background checks.
Yesterday, the Telegraph & Argus asked to see David Rooney’s birth certificate but did not receive it.
Numerous calls to David Rooney’s phone went unanswered and the Telegraph & Argus also visited his address, in a block of flats in Sunbridge Road, but was unable to speak to him.
Looks Like Thanet Ukip Councillors Helen Smith & Konnor Collins Have Turned To Theft!
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due to Ukip’s utter incompetence in Thanet it looks as is they have embroilled the Council in the election of two thieves, see also CLICK HERE, but first let us go back to last August when these apparent low lifes were making fools of themselves and squabbling:
UKIP turmoil: Statement by councillors Helen Smith, Konnor Collins, Beverly Martin and Ash Ashbee
Statement by councillors Helen Smith, Konnor Collins, Beverly Martin and Ash Ashbee
. Helen Smith & her partner Konnor Collins
“Over the last few weeks we, as UKIP members of Thanet council, have become increasingly alarmed at what we see as the dictatorial and often unpredictable behaviour of the current Thanet council leadership. In particular some of us have struggled against what we feel is considerable resistance to appraise ourselves of the true situation regarding UKIP’s key election pledge , the compulsory purchase of Manston Airport,and the state of the relationship with TDC’s potential indemnity partner, RiverOak.
Councillor Helen Smith felt that her position as a Cabinet member had already become untenable by the time Councillor Wells ejected her from his cabinet. Even as a cabinet member, with responsibility for corporate governance, risk and public relations, she feels that she has been repeatedly undermined, ignored, blocked and kept in the dark.
Helen says that amongst other things there was no central file for the Manston project, and when a dossier did finally appear, key documents were not produced. She says her requests for meetings were dismissed, and despite repeatedly asking for a copy of the draft indemnity agreement, it was never produced. Helen believes the cursory briefing the cabinet was eventually given was inaccurate in a number of respects. Given the nature of Helen’s portfolio, she feels this is alarming.
Recent events take place against what some Ukip members describe as a backdrop of increasing fear and suspicion within the local party. Members say they have been told in effect to shut up and behave. In fact many are beginning to wonder what on earth has happened to democracy and free speech within Thanet UKIP in the last few months. Nigel Farage famously stood up in the EU Parliament and asked Mr. Junker “Who the hell are you?” Nigel has always led by example and has never shrunk from asking difficult questions and speaking truth to power. What has happened to that spirit here in Thanet?
Where is the party and the principles in which we and so many others put their faith? Has asking a few awkward questions now become some sort of ‘thought crime’ and a sackable offence?
On the day of the count, just after we were elected, Nigel Farage was heard to say “the people have spoken, they have given you your voice – USE IT!”
What happened? How can we have gone in three months from high spirits, high principles and high hopes, to a situation in which a straightforward cross party Ramsgate Town council meeting, organised expressly for the purpose of gathering information only, should have become so contentious and ridden with anxiety that elected UKIP members described feeling intimidated in an apparent attempt to undermine the meeting.
Those courageous enough to attend were left in little doubt that RiverOak, potentially a major inward investor, and currently the only feasible partner in delivering our key election pledge on Manston, has been treated quite appallingly.
Unless we, as a party, can ‘walk our talk’ and genuinely stand by our commitment to democracy, transparency and free speech, we fear UKIP’s days as a political force are numbered . How could it be otherwise? The stakes are high and lip service is simply not good enough. The people who elected us will quickly see through such a charade, and rightly so. Of course it does not have to be like that, and despite our concerns, we remain optimistic that things could be turned around very quickly if the willingness and openness are there. We still believe profoundly in the principles and values we were elected to uphold, but know that we cannot expect the people to trust us if we cannot trust ourselves and each other.
It must be obvious by now that we have lost faith in the current leadership. For all we know Councillor Wells may have the best of intentions, but we sincerely believe that the current high-handed leadership style and apparent unwillingness to delegate has become a serious liability, not just for the party , but for the future well-being of Thanet as a whole. We take no pleasure in reaching such a conclusion, but feel we cannot simply sit back and watch one individual’s idiosyncrasies ride roughshod over the hopes and dreams of the majority. We felt the time had come to use the voices we have been given and the power with which we were entrusted, to take a leaf out of Nigel’s book, stand up and say, in effect “Enough is enough. Councillor Wells – what on earth are you doing? “. For daring to do just that, respectfully and privately, one of us was unceremoniously sacked form her cabinet position. The four of us were spoken to in a way which we perceived to be extremely intimidating. This sort of behaviour is unacceptable, in fact we would argue that our assertions that we can stand up against domineering behaviour on the international stage will ring very hollow if we cannot face it down in our own backyard. How can this be happening in a party which, we still hope and believe, stands above all for liberty, personal integrity, and opposition to political tyranny of any persuasion.
To be absolutely clear, we are not attacking or deserting UKIP, far from it. We are merely standing our ground against the entrenched methodology of “the old guard” in the way we believe the people of Thanet would expect us to. We hope that colleagues of all parties or none will feel able to stand up alongside us , and with the help of the TDC employees and officers , move Thanet forward towards the brighter and more democratic future we all want to see.
The alternative, a return to “business as usual”, the destruction of the place we love, and the ultimate triumph of the property speculators is surely unthinkable.”
Now two of these scoundrels selected and elected by Ukip, to represent ward members in Thanet, would seem to be dragging the Councils name in the gutter! Thanet must be very relieved that they rejected having a Ukip MP and did not elect Nigel Farage!
Northwood councillor warned police will bring her to court if she fails to show up
Neither of the Northwood ward councillors have appeared in court to answer theft charges.
Cllr Smith is also accused of assaulting a staff member at Wyevale Garden Centre. Thursday was the tenth time her case had been listed to be heard.
Mr Cuff said he would go round to Cllr Smith’s home in St John’s Avenue, Ramsgate and bring her to court for the next hearing.
Jody Twyman, prosecuting, said the pair were ‘blatantly filling up a shop trolley with items.’
Cllr Collins, also of St John’s Avenue, is currently in Kent and Canterbury Hospital. The court was told at a previous hearing on April 7 that the 53 year old had undergone brain surgery. He is also due back before the court on May 5.
Mr Cuff said Cllr Smith was unable to carry out council duty as she would not leave her house. A hearing on April 7 was told Cllr Smith was suffering from agoraphobia as part of a depressive illness.
I Believe This Is Yet More Libelous Behaviour Could End In Court – Steve Crowther, Nigel Farage & Ukip having been shown to have libelled Amjid Bashir, paid compensation and undertaking never to repeat their libelous allegations – an agreement binding on all!
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many of you will remember the unpleasant spat and Nigel Farage & Ukip in general’s reaction to Amjad Bashir’s decision to quit Ukip to serve in David Cameron’s party within the EU.
Nigel Farage’s open criticism and libelous accusations of Bashir having acted in a dubious financial manner met with a clear reaction.
Although there were rumours and allegations at the time that a candidate had directly paid Nigel Farage for a position on the list as a prospective MEP! That Nigel Farage did not utilise the defence of ‘Veritas’ would seem to indicate it was not Bashir who paid a 5 figure sum to Nigel Farage for his position as a prospective MEP.
Details of the original libel alleged and for which Nigel Farage & Steve Crowther on their own and on behalf of Ukip apologised and signed an undertaking that they would not repeat the libels and as you will not they undertook to compensate Mr. Bashir.
That that story was written by A.B. Sanderson whom I am reliably informed is a false name used by Annabelle Fuller denounced in the EU Parliament as Nigel Farage’s sometime mistress and on Ukip’s payrole in some form or another – it is also worthy of note that the editor of Breitbary was in the employ of Nigel Farage aka Ukip in one form or another as part of Farage’s media corp.
As a point of interest it is clear, even from the article below, that for Nigel Farage, Steve Crowther or any other party to repeat the false allegations against Bashir is an offence under law!
UKIP’s Nigel Farage facing High Court threat from Amjad Bashir
UKIP leader Nigel Farage is facing legal action from an ex-UKIP MEP who defected to the Tories, the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire show has learned.
Amjad Bashir’s lawyers have written to Mr Farage asking him to publicly withdraw a range of allegations he made in January and pay damages.
The letter says otherwise he could face possible libel action in the High Court.
A UKIP spokesman said: “UKIP does not take part in trial by television.”
But it said it could not comment further while the legal case was ongoing.
Defection
Mr Bashir – MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber – joined the Conservatives in January, saying that UKIP had become a “party of ruthless self-interest” and had a “ridiculous” lack of policies.
But hours before his defection was to be made public he was suspended by UKIP, which said in a press release it was over “unanswered financial and employment questions”.
The following day, Mr Farage said he had become “increasingly alarmed” by Mr Bashir’s behaviour and that his “only surprise” was that the Conservative Party had accepted him as a member.
At the time Mr Bashir dismissed all the allegations – made on BBC One’s Andrew Marr programme and an interview on the Daily Telegraph and ITV websites – as “totally wrong” and an attempt to “muddy the waters”.
Image caption Mr Bashir appeared alongside UKIP leader Nigel Farage at the launch of the party’s 2014 local and European elections campaign
Now the Victoria Derbyshire programme has seen a nine-page legal letter from Mr Bashir’s solicitors, Atkins Thompson, sent in mid-March to Mr Farage and UKIP chairman Steve Crowther.
The letter says: “There can be no other conclusion that [the allegations] were published as part of a deliberate campaign on the part of UKIP and its most senior officers to discredit Mr Bashir in retaliation for his decision to join the Conservative Party.”
It demands that a press release detailing the allegations is removed from the UKIP website; that an apology to Mr Bashir is made in open court; and that damages and legal costs are paid.
“Contrary to the impression given by the press release, [Mr Bashir] had no forewarning of what UKIP had decided to allege,” the letter says.
In a statement, Mr Bashir said: “As soon as the various allegations were made it became clear that I had no choice but to pursue legal advice.
“I have taken that advice, we have compiled a case, and this now remains in the hands of my lawyers.”
He said he would not comment further on the case while it is still ongoing.
The BBC understands that lawyers representing both Mr Farage and Mr Crowther have asked for extra time to consider the letter and will respond by mid-April.
Victoria Derbyshire is broadcast weekdays from 09:15-11:00 BST on BBC Two and BBC News Channel. Follow the programme on Facebook and Twitter, and find all our content online.
This all seems to have been deliberately ignored in recent days, leading us to expect that Nigel Farage, Steve Crowther and a list of others amongst their associates may well. within the next week or two, find themselves in Court facing very substantial fines and liable to punitive damages.
Clearly this article CLICK HERE would seem to overstep the mark legally, this it was also the product of Breitbart, this time written by the close associate of Nigel Farage Raheem Kassam who is passed off as The Editor of Brietbart the callibre of which being shown by their editors comment and language:
So imagine how utterly unsurprised I was, given my history with the Shakespeare wanker, to see that two ‘Vote Leave’ senior figures have already started slagging off UKIP and its members: Daniel Hannan MEP and Gisela Stuart MP.
Also high on the list of those flouting the law are displayed by these screen shots over the last few days:
Well it does look as if Nigel Farage & Steve Crowther are likely to appear being closely followed in the Courts by Breitbart, Raheem Kassam, Mick McGough, Annabelle Fuller and Mike Hookem MEP. None of whom would seem to have made it clear that the articles and facts to which the allude as being subject to an appology as libel and liable to possible punitive damages!
It is sad to see those making a pretence of rejecting membership of the EU so willing to undermise their claims to wish to Leave-The-EU, with their language and behaviour!
It will however be interesting to see how long they are silenced and how savage are the fines and damages as they bring the body political into disrepute at this crucial time in Britain’s history.
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many believe that Nigel Farage’s support for BreXit is in the main a kiss of death to the Leave-The_EU Campaign, with his undeniably racist immage as he centers his efforts on inciting racial hatred aimed at immigrants – he is in the position that on certain issues a mild whisper from him becomes a violent shout amongst his fan club in Ukip, a position of responsibility he has never failed to abuse for his own glory and enrichment!
Cash and immigrants are as insignificant to most who might have voted to Leave-The-EU as his other two mantras revolving around drink and smoking as he promotes his libertine life style as some sort of role model for the weak and gullible.
If you thought Nigel Farage & Ukip’s actions were damaging to the Leave-The-EU cause they are nothing to the well publicised and bitter squabbling in Ukip especially north of the border where Farage’s henchman the loud mothed bufoon and Ukip MEP David Cameron is dragging the Leave Campaign into the ill informed, bullying and boorish gutter he seems so at home in!
Scottish ‘Vote Leave’ launch descends into farce as Ukip roll up
Scottish ‘Vote Leave’ launch descends into farce as Ukip roll up
Tom Gordon, Scottish Political Editor
THE launch of the official EU Out campaign in Scotland descended into farce yesterday, after the organisers turned away Scotland’s only Ukip MEP for trying to speak uninvited.
The Vote Leave campaign refused entry to David Coburn after he pitched up at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow and threw a strop when he was told he couldn’t take part. One witness said Coburn had been “furious” at the snub.
However, the Remain or In side also had its problems on the first weekend of the EU campaign, after former Tory chancellor Kenneth Clarke said David Cameron “wouldn’t last 30 seconds if he lost the referendum”.
Despite the Prime Minister telling MPs last week that he would stay to negotiate the terms of the UK’s withdrawal if there was a Brexit vote, Clarke said that scenario was “just farcical”.
“We’d be plunged into a Conservative leadership crisis, which is never very edifying,” he said, adding the Tory party would have a “devil of a job” to come together again, however the vote goes on June 23.
London Mayor Boris Johnson attacked Cameron for “shamefully” spending £9.3m of public money on a pro-EU leaflet for every UK household, saying the 14-page document was “not sufficiently absorbent for the purposes” to which some people might like to put it.
Johnson, also criticised Barack Obama for “hypocrisy” ahead of his visit to the UK this week, when he is expected to support Cameron’s call to stay in the EU.
He said the US President had a “perfect right” to comment, but added it was “absolutely bizarre that we are being lectured by the Americans about giving up our sovereignty” when they “would never dream” of sharing theirs with the EU or anyone else.
Speaking in Washington, Chancellor George Osborne said it was the “overwhelming view” of foreign governments and international bodies like the IMF and Nato that the UK should stay in the EU, and warned Brexit could mean higher mortgage rates.
In Glasgow, Scottish Vote Leave director Tom Harris said Coburn had “invited himself to be one of the speakers” at its launch, and threatened to be disruptive when he was refused.
Harris said: “If he wants to get involved in the campaign, I am happy to discuss that with him. But I am not going to be pressurised into giving him a speaker spot at the last minute.”
Coburn said he had gone “to wish them well and offer my shoulder to the ecumenical wheel as the established lead voice and only Pro-Brexit elected representative in Scotland. I did then offer to speak at the event, as I thought having someone the Scots had actually elected speaking would help rebalance the event. My offer was declined.”
At the event, Harris claimed pro-Brexit SNP, Labour and Tory candidates in May’s Holyrood election feared speaking out on Europe because they were being “gagged” by their parties.
He said: “A lot of them just don’t want to rock the boat and draw attention to themselves. I know there are candidates standing for the Scottish Parliament who feel as I do, that we should be leaving the EU on June 23. But they are inhibited by their own party’s [Remain] line on the EU, and don’t want to say anything publicly at least until May 5, and possibly not even after that. That is fundamentally undemocratic.
“It is absolutely essential that we have the opportunity to grill our candidates and get an honest answer from them on whether or not they will actually vote themselves to leave or remain. It is not enough to say it is a separate election from the referendum.” Also speaking, Tory Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers said the EU was “unreformable” and primarily a political project to create a “country called Europe”.
Villiers said Britain joined in 1973 in an “admission of defeat” that the country was facing “chronic decline”, but it was now time for “self-governing democracy” to return.
“I fundamentally believe we are better off, safer, more secure, more prosperous if this country is outside the EU,” she said, claiming Brexit could mean better export deals on whisky.
The Out campaign’s efforts coincided with the SNPs’ two MEPs launching the ‘The Wee Bleu Book’, a voter-friendly guide to the EU and the the case for staying in it.
The 64-page tract is available free from the scotlandineuope.eu website. There is also an initial print run of 2000 hard copies. Authors Alyn Smith and Ian Hudghton said they wanted the book to become the go-to resource for the EU referendum.
Smith said: “My focus, obviously, is the Holyrood election but as I’ve been travelling the country there is no denying that EU stuff is being talked about, so this website is available to all as a resource to get the real facts out there.
“There’s a lot of nonsense spoken about the EU, and it’s important not to be distracted from the fact that EU membership is entirely in our best interests and the SNP is enthusiastically backing a Remain vote for the right reasons.
“While it has been produced for SNP activists, I hope the book reaches wider. At least on paper, Scottish politics is broadly united that our best interests are remaining in the EU so while every party will be doing their own thing, if anyone wants to use this I’m delighted.”
With an avg. 1.2M voters per MEP & Britain having only 8%, if united, say. The EUropean Parliament has no ability to make policy and has a Commission of unelected bureaucrats, thus clearly the EU is not even a pretence of being a democracy; yet The EU & many of its vassal States are willing to slaughter people in Sovereign States to impose The EU’s chosen brand of democracy on them!
The imposition of a Government and policies upon its vassal regions such as the peoples of Greece shows just how far from being a democracy the EU is.
There will be little or no change in Britain’s economic position, when we leave the EU, using a better negotiated & updated version of the ‘Norway Model’ as a stepping stone to becoming a full member of the Eropean Economic Area, where all will benefit, as we secure trade relations with the EU’s vassal regions, with an EFTA style status and can trade and negotiate independently on the global stage, as members of The Commonwealth and the Anglosphere.
One huge benefit will be that we can negotiate with bodies like the WTO, UN, WHO, IMF, CODEX and the like, directly in our own interest and that of our partners around the world in both the Commonwealth and the Anglosphere at large; rather than having negotiations and term imposed by unelected EU bureacrats and their ionterpretation of the rules handed down as if they were some great achievement by the EU.
The greatest change and benefit will be political, as we improve our democracy and self determination, with the ability to deselect and elect our own Government, with an improved Westminster structure, see >Harrogate Agenda<.
How we go about the process of disentangling our future wellbeing from the EU is laid out in extensive, well researched and immensely tedious detail see >FleXcit< or for a brief video summary CLICK HERE
Richard Lucas’ Resignation As A Ukip Candidate With Reasons! There are many other such examples if you CLICK HERE
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Richard Lucas, former Ukip Scotland Candidate, quits the Party – giving his reasons both on Facebook and in a letter published in The Scottish Herald CLICK HERE with a picture of the unctious oaff David Coburn the Ukip MEP and general embarrassment who has done such harm to the party particularly in Scotland!
Bye, Bye UKIP. I’ve resigned. Dishonest, disreputable and incompetent leadership in Scotland. Letter in The Herald today:
“For last year’s General Election, UKIP Scotland held a manifesto launch event but never published a manifesto! This staggering feat of incompetence stands unequalled in Scottish electoral history.
Their manifesto published today includes many policies with which I agree, but I will not be voting for UKIP.
David Coburn routinely fails to disguise his lack of intelligent policy awareness behind a curtain of bluster and bravado. His deliberate repeated mispronunciation of Tasmina Ahmed Sheikh’s name in multiple ways at a hustings was the first of a catalogue of offensive, childish and disreputable remarks that he has made in his short time as an MEP for Scotland.
His immediate associates in the party seem happy to endorse his antics at every turn, offering spurious excuses as necessary. This blind loyalty has now been rewarded with a top spot on a regional list in the coming election in several cases.
I urge anyone attracted to UKIP’s policies to consider carefully whether they wish to give a platform to David Coburn in the Scottish Parliament. I also recommend research into the UKIP lead candidate in a region before voting for them. Mr Coburn insists that they were chosen on merit. When you see them in action, you might doubt that, or you may conclude that David Coburn’s judgement on what constitutes a good candidate differs from your own.
The efforts of myself and others to reform UKIP in Scotland from the inside have failed, as the central party officials ignore all concerns raised and back Mr Coburn to the hilt.
I want a right of centre, Eurosceptic, socially conservative party to succeed in Scotland, but I am not willing to sacrifice basic standards of decency and integrity to achieve it.
Richard Lucas Formerly of the UKIP Edinburgh and Lothians Branch Committee UKIP Candidate for Edinburgh South West, General Election 2015″
Ukip Wales In Trouble Again Over Racism & Now Alexandra Phillips & Llyr Powell Quit as candidates just one month prior to the election on 05-May-2016
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16 UKIP candidates ‘reconsidering’ over Gareth Bennett row
By David Deans
Image copyrightMedia WalesImage caption Gareth Bennett sparked a row when he blamed immigrants for problems with rubbish in Cardiff
UKIP chairman Steve Crowther has been told 16 of the party’s Welsh election candidates are reconsidering whether the organisation represents them following a race row.
They have formally complained over comments by UKIP South Wales Central assembly candidate Gareth Bennett.
Meanwhile UKIP Wales head of media Alexandra Phillips is stepping down as a candidate citing personal reasons.
Mr Bennett’s fate as a candidate is expected to be decided on Monday.
The complaint about him, made in a letter to Mr Crowther seen by BBC Wales, reads: “We believe the party should take swift and immediate disciplinary action against Mr Bennett.
“We as candidates and many members who support us are deeply considering whether UKIP really represents us.”
The letter, signed by 16 candidates for the assembly and the police and crime commissioner elections, said Mr Bennett had “undermined the party and our own ability to campaign through his offensive… comments about immigrants to Wales”.
It said Mr Bennett’s comments “are contrary to UKIP’s fair and ethical stance on immigration”, and he had “degraded our ability to campaign and connect with voters by saying it is pointless to knock on doors”.
“Mr Bennett is not fit to be a lead candidate in a grassroots party where engaging the public is crucial to our success,” the letter added.
The South Wales Central candidate linked rubbish problems in Cardiff’s City Road area to immigration in a Wales Online interview in March.
He said: “I think with some of the ethnicities that have moved in, possibly the Eastern Europeans, they just don’t have any awareness of the hygiene problem that is being caused at times.”
He stood by his comments in an interview with the BBC’s Daily Politics programme, and said he had served a draft legal letter to his party saying UKIP could face action for lost earnings of £300,000 if he were to be deselected.
‘Final assessment’
Nigel Farage, party leader, said last week he was “less than impressed” with Mr Bennett.
UKIP’s vetting committee met on Sunday and is due to report to the NEC meeting.
Meanwhile, Ms Phillips, who was to be UKIP’s number two candidate on the South Wales Central regional list behind Mr Bennett, told BBC Wales she would continue in her media role for the campaign, but would no longer be seeking election herself.
“I’ve given it a lot of thought and have decided party politics is not for me,” she told BBC Wales.
“It’s a personal decision – I don’t want to take on a partisan role.”
In the long run we may well find that Alexanra Phillips has withdrawn from the election to preserve herself. Clearly the public have every right to know details on electoral candidates, whereas mere employees are of rather less significance and Ms. Phillips may well have felt she would be damaged and she may even have thoughty of the damage she would do to Ukip, as a leading candidate, as details of her indiscretions were published as a candidate even for the relatively insignificant position as a candidate, even member, of the National Ass. for Wales an over funded position in an EU Regional Assembly.
For starters perhaps we should consider the effect of CLICK HERE all be it the EU’s Regional Councils are defined as insignificant as shown CLICK HERE or HERE
That Ukip NEC finds Gareth Benett’s crass comments acceptable and have supported him as a leading candidate in Wales speaks volumes of Ukip’s shift towards the BNP position as racists happy to blame all problems on foreigners, you may recall Nigel Farage himself tried to blame immigrants for turning up hours late for a public commitment in Wales!
It will be interesting to see howmany members of Ukip Wales’ 16 candidates who wrote in protest at Gareth Bennett’s behaviour will follow the lead of Alexandra Phillips & Llyr Powell and stand down as candidates – Llyr Powell made it very clear that he was standing down in disgust unwilling to work with Gareth Bennett.
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