The Common Man is pleased to see the outcome of the Judicial Review into donations made by Alan Bown to UKIP has been published.
As expected, the anti-UKIP brigade have rushed to spin it according to their own views, but the reality is that it is not so bad for UKIP as might have been expected. The basic outcome is this.
The Electoral Commission was hoping for a decision that all of the donations should be returned because that is what the law stated. The judicial review found that in fact although this may be an interpretation, the ECHR (an unlikely savior for UKIP) meant that if such fines would be disproportionate the magistrate could order a lesser penalty.
The Common Man is pleased to learn that despite the certainly with which the anti-UKIP brigade trumpets the notion that UKIP may have to pay more, the reality is that UKIP may well have to pay less.
Monday, 26 January 2009
The unanswered question about Abbott and Edmonds
The Common Man has returned fortified from several weeks spent inspecting skiing conditions in the Alps, and notes much has happened since his departure. Most pressing is the strange silence over the NEC votes to expel Mr Abbott and Mr Edmonds.
For many months, the Common Man has watched the BNP lite which is the anti-UKIP brigade praise, rightly so, the integrity of NEC member Del Young in the hope of causing a split between him and the best interests of UKIP. How strange it then is to find nobody can explain why Mr Young voted in favour of the expulsion of both Mr Abbott and Mr Edmonds.
There are only two possible answer. Either Mr Young voted against natural justice, or Misters Abbott and Edmonds were both guilty as charged, m'lud.
Regular readers will know the real answer as well as the Common Man. Mr Young is indeed a man of integrity, and he voted to get rid of those who would love to see UKIP cut a deal with the BNP. The only question is why Mr Lance-Watkins and his BNP chums have so little to say on the subject in public. In private, the Common Man has learned that they speak of Mr Young in terms that would make the National Front, Rhodesians and apartheid supporting South Africans proud.
For many months, the Common Man has watched the BNP lite which is the anti-UKIP brigade praise, rightly so, the integrity of NEC member Del Young in the hope of causing a split between him and the best interests of UKIP. How strange it then is to find nobody can explain why Mr Young voted in favour of the expulsion of both Mr Abbott and Mr Edmonds.
There are only two possible answer. Either Mr Young voted against natural justice, or Misters Abbott and Edmonds were both guilty as charged, m'lud.
Regular readers will know the real answer as well as the Common Man. Mr Young is indeed a man of integrity, and he voted to get rid of those who would love to see UKIP cut a deal with the BNP. The only question is why Mr Lance-Watkins and his BNP chums have so little to say on the subject in public. In private, the Common Man has learned that they speak of Mr Young in terms that would make the National Front, Rhodesians and apartheid supporting South Africans proud.
Thursday, 1 January 2009
Anti-UKIP brigade reduced to using the mentally ill
The Common Man notices that Mr Lance Watkins is using on his blog the words of Mr Norman Scarth.In his wisdom, he accuses Godfrey Bloom, MEP for Yorkshire & Humberside, of sneering 'he is obviously ill' as he dismissed Mr Scarths complaints.
This is closer to the truth than readers may realise. When Mr Scarth first came to UKIPs attention, he was a resident of a residential psychiatric hospital in the north, having been sectioned under the Mental Health Act. UKIP received a well written letter from him complaining of the injustice of his detention and acted in good faith helping have him released.
Little did UKIP know that Mr Scarth has a long history of psychiatric problems which have caused him to spend much of his adult life institutionalised. Mr Lance Watkins knows all this but posts his comments regardless of what he knows to be the real position regarding the state of Mr Scarths health.
Normally the Common Man finds the depths to which Mr Lance Watkins sinks laughable, but on this occasion is unable to raise a chortle as he uses the ravings of the mentally ill in his attacks upon UKIP.
This is closer to the truth than readers may realise. When Mr Scarth first came to UKIPs attention, he was a resident of a residential psychiatric hospital in the north, having been sectioned under the Mental Health Act. UKIP received a well written letter from him complaining of the injustice of his detention and acted in good faith helping have him released.
Little did UKIP know that Mr Scarth has a long history of psychiatric problems which have caused him to spend much of his adult life institutionalised. Mr Lance Watkins knows all this but posts his comments regardless of what he knows to be the real position regarding the state of Mr Scarths health.
Normally the Common Man finds the depths to which Mr Lance Watkins sinks laughable, but on this occasion is unable to raise a chortle as he uses the ravings of the mentally ill in his attacks upon UKIP.
Friday, 19 December 2008
Lance Watkins and the disappearing cash
The Common Mans attention has been drawn to a post by sacked former head office manager Mr Warry apparently denying the existence of funds solicited for the defence of BNP infiltrators. Not entirely surprising as the call came from Mr Lance Watkins who everyone now knows is a proven receiver of stolen goods. The Common Man is surprised to discover that Mr Warry and Mr Edmonds were involved in the apparent disappearance of these funds after many promises of transparency were made when the call first came. This transparency soon disappeared after it was realised donors could be responsible for all legal bills and Mr Lance Watkins instead said that nameless receipts would be issued. As he must have been well aware this would make it impossible to prove how much had been donated in total and the question must now be how much did Mr Lance Watkins make personally from this scheme?
Misters Warry and Edmonds can easily clear their names by stating publicly how much they each received and forwarded to Mr Lance Watkins. If they fail to publish this infomation the Common Man can only assume that they are complicit in this apparent theft. This total can be easily verified by seeing which model of new car Mr Lance Watkins gets from Santa. Is he after Mr Wises job or would his criminal convictions bar him from public office? The Common Man can only guess how much time Mr Lance Watkins spent picking up the soap at Her Majestys pleasure, something which might account for his homophobia.
Misters Warry and Edmonds can easily clear their names by stating publicly how much they each received and forwarded to Mr Lance Watkins. If they fail to publish this infomation the Common Man can only assume that they are complicit in this apparent theft. This total can be easily verified by seeing which model of new car Mr Lance Watkins gets from Santa. Is he after Mr Wises job or would his criminal convictions bar him from public office? The Common Man can only guess how much time Mr Lance Watkins spent picking up the soap at Her Majestys pleasure, something which might account for his homophobia.
BNP good, UKIP bad bleats poor Mr Edmonds
After the failure of their BNP backed plot to oust UKIP leader Mr Farage, the Common Man is unsurprised to see Mr Edmonds and Mr Abbott posting their almost completely false version of events across the internet.
Mr Edmonds is now quoting Orwell ironically, the Common Man guesses as it was Misters Edmonds, Haslam and Abbott who were attempting the Big Brother moves on UKIPs leadership. It was Mr Abbott who employed a private investigator to snoop into Mr Farages private life and hack his bank account details. He does appear to have some things correct as UKIP will screen NEC candidates to ensure BNP infiltrators such as himself and Mr Abbott are denied the opportunity to cause more trouble within UKIP. The Common Man is not impressed by empty threats about libel suits as Mr Abbott has not bothered with those who unearthed and published the information about him. He even gave up on his pursuit of Mr Denny when it was shown that he had lied to his own solicitors about the extent of his contacts with the BNP. The Common Man has a copy of their letter which may appear here shortly.
What Mr Edmonds forgot to mention about Henley was that he had put a lot of work into ensuring that the SW did not support the by election campaign as did his fellow BNP supporter Mr Abbott. How they must have celebrated the result twice over! The BNP finished ahead of UKIP and they thought it would bring closer the day the deal could be done between the BNP and UKIP which Mr Farage so vigourously opposes.
The Common Man is certain that they will continue their disinformation campaign in the hope of causing as many splits in UKIP as possible ahead of the european elections next year. A good chortle can be had by all when the truth here is compared with the lies on Misters Edmond and Lance-Watkins blogs.
Mr Edmonds is now quoting Orwell ironically, the Common Man guesses as it was Misters Edmonds, Haslam and Abbott who were attempting the Big Brother moves on UKIPs leadership. It was Mr Abbott who employed a private investigator to snoop into Mr Farages private life and hack his bank account details. He does appear to have some things correct as UKIP will screen NEC candidates to ensure BNP infiltrators such as himself and Mr Abbott are denied the opportunity to cause more trouble within UKIP. The Common Man is not impressed by empty threats about libel suits as Mr Abbott has not bothered with those who unearthed and published the information about him. He even gave up on his pursuit of Mr Denny when it was shown that he had lied to his own solicitors about the extent of his contacts with the BNP. The Common Man has a copy of their letter which may appear here shortly.
What Mr Edmonds forgot to mention about Henley was that he had put a lot of work into ensuring that the SW did not support the by election campaign as did his fellow BNP supporter Mr Abbott. How they must have celebrated the result twice over! The BNP finished ahead of UKIP and they thought it would bring closer the day the deal could be done between the BNP and UKIP which Mr Farage so vigourously opposes.
The Common Man is certain that they will continue their disinformation campaign in the hope of causing as many splits in UKIP as possible ahead of the european elections next year. A good chortle can be had by all when the truth here is compared with the lies on Misters Edmond and Lance-Watkins blogs.
Thursday, 18 December 2008
Major Disappointment
The Common Man hears of a major disappointment about to befall Niall Warry the sacked former UKIP head office manager and close associate of Mr Lance Watkins. After years of attacking the party from within he will now find himself attacking the party from without after UKIP decided not to renew his membership. The Common Man also hears that a similar fate will befall youtube star Mr West whose membership will be withdrawn.
The Common Man applauds this new spirit of common sense within UKIP in getting rid of those who clearly do not have the best interests of the party at heart. Junius, Mr Lance-Watkins and other BNP infiltrators will complain that the party is ditching democracy by streamlining its disciplinary processes. The Common Man can only chortle again when considering how often those who complain now quote Edmund Burke - 'for evil to prosper requires only that the good do nothing'. Doing nothing was allowing them to mock UKIP and everything it stands for and then use the disciplinary process to prevent action being taken against them, a lesson learnt from Mr Hockney in the now distant past. Congratulations to UKIP for ceasing to do nothing.
The Common Man applauds this new spirit of common sense within UKIP in getting rid of those who clearly do not have the best interests of the party at heart. Junius, Mr Lance-Watkins and other BNP infiltrators will complain that the party is ditching democracy by streamlining its disciplinary processes. The Common Man can only chortle again when considering how often those who complain now quote Edmund Burke - 'for evil to prosper requires only that the good do nothing'. Doing nothing was allowing them to mock UKIP and everything it stands for and then use the disciplinary process to prevent action being taken against them, a lesson learnt from Mr Hockney in the now distant past. Congratulations to UKIP for ceasing to do nothing.
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
Bath, trains and automobiles
The Common Man hears that the BNP inspired anti-UKIP brigade all donned their anoraks to attend a steam train extravaganza in Bath a short while ago. Lead by one with considerable experience of trains, EU gravy trainer Peter Cole they were definitely not attending a meeting to thrash out plans to continue their campaign of disruption within UKIP. The Common Man had yet another chortle at the number of steam train anoraks who didn't meet in Bath. Geoffrey Kingscott, John Petley, Peter Cole, the list goes on and on. Was convict and receiver of stolen goods Mr Lance Watkins there as well or not to add the Griffin seal of approval?
The Common Man was interested to read Mr Coles comments denying any meeting took place and wonders if he would lie about this what else he is also being less than honest about? In fact, the Common Man has no need to wonder, because more information about Mr Cole is at hand and will appear here in the near future.
The Common Man was interested to read Mr Coles comments denying any meeting took place and wonders if he would lie about this what else he is also being less than honest about? In fact, the Common Man has no need to wonder, because more information about Mr Cole is at hand and will appear here in the near future.
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