Friday, 13 April 2007
A quick question for Iain
Hello there.
In this post, Iain gives us quite a useful and detailed breakdown of the runners and riders in the upcoming local elections.
However (tinfoil hats on), in his breakdown of the parties, he lumps UKIP and the BNP together:
BNP and UKIP
BNP are contesting 717, or 6.8 per cent of the seats and UKIP are contesting 805 seats, 7.7 per cent. UKIP’s nominations are below the “more than 1,000” they pledged to run earlier this week. Conservatives have sought to ensure we are running candidates against the BNP; there are just 24 seats with a BNP candidate but no Conservative candidate; this compared to 47 Labour and 129 Liberal Democrat seats.
Why would a potential Conservative Party parliamentary candidate seek to do that? Just asking.
(I've also asked this question in the comments of Iain's post).
Update: On a second reading, I see that Iain has merely cut and pasted the figures from a Tory Party press release. He's parroting the lumping of UKIP with fascists rather than making the association himself.
Labels: BNP, iain dale, local elections, propaganda, UKIP
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1 Comments:
- Elaib said...
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And the Tory Party facts are wrong.
12:35 PM, April 16, 2007
UKIP will be standing in 1000 wards.
