tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post2603873357200754425..comments2023-10-27T07:50:27.411+01:00Comments on Next Left: UKIP pitches to hearts of Tory blogosphereTom Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917325958130851128noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-36677359959956952542010-04-13T21:16:08.481+01:002010-04-13T21:16:08.481+01:00LFAT,
Thanks! You do reveal yourself to be rather...LFAT,<br /><br />Thanks! You do reveal yourself to be rather a centrist in Tory/right-of-centre blogosphere terms, albeit including getting out of the EU and because you are agnostic on climate, rather than 'sceptical' in the non-sceptical 'its all a fraud' sense.<br /><br />From Tory Bear tweeting earlier, I know he opposes the immigration cap, but he seems seems broadly on board with the rest, including the grammars.Sunder Katwalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671411534003530927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-91213777804890964412010-04-13T20:00:32.768+01:002010-04-13T20:00:32.768+01:00Fine then, here goes:
* Leave the EU and negotiat...Fine then, here goes:<br /><br />* Leave the EU and negotiate a Swiss-style trade agreement - happy with that.<br /><br />* Offer a royal commission to "allow scientists to reach a conclusion about the facts and economic implications of global warming", adding that Ukip is "sceptical" about man-made global warming claims - one wonders whether a sceptical party like UKIP could be trusted to choose the scientists...<br /><br />* A new flat tax at 31 per cent, including income tax and employers' NI, with the income tax threshold at £11,500 - flat taxes are a stupid idea, although absorbing NI into income tax is not.<br /><br />* Large public spending cuts to reduce public sector to size it was in 1997 - idiocy. GDP has grown considerably since 1997 and the public sector should have grown too, even if it is at a slower rate than GDP.<br /><br />* Increase defence spending by 40% (1% of GDP) - surely our defence spending should be dropping in the long term if/when we leave Iraq and Afghanistan?...<br /><br />* Immediate five year freeze on immigration for permanent settlement, though allow immigration up to 50,000 a year after this - *yawn*<br /><br />* Pledge to "scrap political correctness in public affairs" - how are they going to do that?!<br /><br />* Encourage new grammar schools, with selection through a new 'comprehensive test' at age 11 which would somehow ensure 'no return to the stigma of failing 11+' - no more grammar schools please, they are a sign of educational failure, not success.Letters From A Toryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14612766550608940053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-66787850994921571422010-04-13T17:04:24.670+01:002010-04-13T17:04:24.670+01:00Personally, though, I think one might have advised...Personally, though, I think one might have advised UKIP to go up against the liberal democrats rather than the Tories on the timing.Sunder Katwalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671411534003530927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-89437673324111545722010-04-13T17:01:53.398+01:002010-04-13T17:01:53.398+01:00It's completely standard for UKIP not to be gi...It's completely standard for UKIP not to be given proper media space - most of the media are controlled by New Labour or Tory interests, so they are trying their dammnedest not to let the UKIP message get through, as usual!laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06423583007491918924noreply@blogger.com