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I actually am shocked. They REJECTED his resignation?
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If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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He basically runs the party, so it's even more absurd than if the US Green Party rejecting Ralph Nader's resignation after 2000. It's a silly excuse.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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Oh. That's kind of pathetic.If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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yes it's pretty much a one man band. it's a little odd that they won't try to get some national recognition for some other figures, as the green party did. they had another leader, lord pearson, for a while in 2009-2010, but he was worse than useless and farage came back."The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de BottonComment
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here's what the UK electoral map would look like if 'none of the above' were a candidate.
and a proportional breakdown of the same:
220 Empty
158 Con
131 Lab
54 UKIP
34 LD
20 SNP
16 Green
3 DUP
3 PC
11 others"The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de BottonComment
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It's time to start the None-Empty Party! We'd rule forever!“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of ManComment
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when none of the above won the rio de janeiro gubernatorial election (and voting is compulsory here) some friends from the direct democracy movement and i had a plan to hijack the ceremony and assume the governership in the name of no one. it didn't go very well; not many people showed up and the police didn't let us get near."The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de BottonComment
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well that little pr!ck cameron didn't lose any time.
He's opposed to migrants quota in europe, effectively saying saddle all the waves yourself and he's preparing to make major cuts to the NHS so that noone feels neglected.Comment
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Seeing as UKIP rejected Farage's resignation does this mean that, technically speaking, he's now a slave?The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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This is the problem when a party is a personality cult. Every other member of UKIP might as well change their name to "Who?".The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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farage is adorable.
he's so plain he doesn't really pose a political risk (well at least outside of the UK?)
he's like an adorable british village idiot walking around saying his piece in a kind of rotten cheese way pump thinking he's living in the 60s
Very glad they rejected his resignation.
Now he can parade around vindicated (the people need me etc)Comment
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More UKIP hilarity.
A major stand-off has developed between senior UKIP figures and the party's only MP over public money they are entitled to receive.
UKIP is entitled to around £650,000 of what's known as Short money which goes to opposition parties to help finance their backroom operations.
Douglas Carswell was approached by UKIP's party secretary on Monday and asked to recruit 15 extra staff for his parliamentary office.
The Clacton MP rejected the proposal.
He made it clear he was not going to agree to the plan which sources close to him have described as "improper".
It is also believed the Essex MP thinks spending that amount of taxpayers' money is "not what we're about".
'Absurd'
Details of the dispute were made public by UKIP party officials following Mr Carswell's refusal to agree, I understand.
Mr Carswell told the BBC "I am not a US senator", adding: "I don't need 15 staff".
"UKIP is supposed to be different," he explained.
A senior UKIP official close to Nigel Farage has accused the MP of "absurd" and "improper" behaviour, telling the BBC Mr Carswell sent an email on Monday saying he wanted sole control of the £650,000.
The source suggested this was an "improper" proposal, saying that the party planned to give Mr Carswell staff but added "at no point have we said what we expect him to do".
The senior party staffer said: "This is him throwing his toys out of the pram because he thought Nigel wouldn't be leader any more."
UKIP has insisted that the public funds will go to the party irrespective of Mr Carswell's views, saying they've "triple, quadruple checked that".
The source said "it's for us to spend as we want to spend it" and they added that "the party will take a dim view of four million people going unrepresented" if the Essex MP refuses to accept some of the money.
Mr Farage has, meanwhile, suggested he could contest a by-election in a Labour-held seat
He had promised to quit if he failed to win a seat at the general election, but had his resignation rejected by his party.
He told BBC Radio 5 live: "I would look forward to a by-election in a Labour seat very much indeed."
He also said he had sat in a "darkened room" before deciding to continue.
Mr Farage failed to be elected in South Thanet, losing out to the Conservative candidate.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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Are there no residency requirements in order to run for a seat?“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of ManComment
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Farage? Farage? Is he this guy?
Last edited by Dr Strangelove; May 12, 2015, 18:41."I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!Comment
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Wow, it looks like people weren't very satisfied with their options.Originally posted by C0ckney View Posthere's what the UK electoral map would look like if 'none of the above' were a candidate.
and a proportional breakdown of the same:Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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