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Irene Demova wrote:Stop being such a tosser

Cal wrote:

Lucien wrote:

Cal wrote:

Parksey wrote:

Cal wrote:

Grumpy David wrote:I'm okay with this.

Yep, me too. UKIP need Farage. Suzanne Evans would have been my preferred alternative in the absence of Mr Farage. 'Nige should go off and have a nice long break over the summer. He'll have plenty to do later on in the year!

Would you had been okay with it had one of the other leaders pledged to resign and still ended up as leader a few days later? If it had been Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg or, hypothetically, Natalie Bennett? I suspect you are and David are okay with it, as the broken pledge strengthens a party you both like, so Farage avoids being called a hypocrite and a liar.

No problem at all. That's their call. Personally, I was sad to see Nick Clegg take the fall. I liked the man (hated his politics). Miliband I never liked (but I hold nothing against him personally), but it would have been churlish to object to his staying on as Leader if that is what he wanted. I was genuinely surprised when all the Leaders began falling over like tenpins on Friday.

It's not about them wanting to stay on as leader: it's about them saying they'll quit if 'x' happens, then changing their mind half a week later.

After the votes were counted and announced Nigel Farage did exactly what he promised he would do, prior to the election: he tended his resignation as Leader of UKIP when he failed to win Thanet. It is then for UKIP as a body politic to decide whether or not to accept, defer or reject his resignation. They were quite within their rights to refuse it. He is quite within his rights to accept their decision.

So what is your problem?

Eighthours wrote:

Cal wrote:

Lucien wrote:

Cal wrote:

Parksey wrote:

Cal wrote:

Grumpy David wrote:I'm okay with this.

Yep, me too. UKIP need Farage. Suzanne Evans would have been my preferred alternative in the absence of Mr Farage. 'Nige should go off and have a nice long break over the summer. He'll have plenty to do later on in the year!

Would you had been okay with it had one of the other leaders pledged to resign and still ended up as leader a few days later? If it had been Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg or, hypothetically, Natalie Bennett? I suspect you are and David are okay with it, as the broken pledge strengthens a party you both like, so Farage avoids being called a hypocrite and a liar.

No problem at all. That's their call. Personally, I was sad to see Nick Clegg take the fall. I liked the man (hated his politics). Miliband I never liked (but I hold nothing against him personally), but it would have been churlish to object to his staying on as Leader if that is what he wanted. I was genuinely surprised when all the Leaders began falling over like tenpins on Friday.

It's not about them wanting to stay on as leader: it's about them saying they'll quit if 'x' happens, then changing their mind half a week later.

After the votes were counted and announced Nigel Farage did exactly what he promised he would do, prior to the election: he tended his resignation as Leader of UKIP when he failed to win Thanet. It is then for UKIP as a body politic to decide whether or not to accept, defer or reject his resignation. They were quite within their rights to refuse it. He is quite within his rights to accept their decision.

So what is your problem?

Come on, Cal. This was all cooked up as a way to deflect Farage's miscalculation. He actually lost the seat because of his threat to resign, which made the other parties concentrate a load of their resources on Thanet in order to defeat him. UKIP's disingenuous solution to a problem of their own making is the kind of gerrymandering that he and his party would decry if anyone else was doing it.

Eighthours wrote:

Irene Demova wrote:Stop being such a tosser

Calling me a tosser for posting a funny photo. Will the left's abuse never stop?

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Lagamorph wrote:

KKLEIN wrote:Sony: "Well at least someone out there is still buying our tellies..."

Nothing wrong with Sony TVs

Karl wrote:

Eighthours wrote:

Irene Demova wrote:Stop being such a tosser

Calling me a tosser for posting a funny photo. Will the left's abuse never stop?

That could be amusing satire were it not what you literally believe.

Irene Demova wrote:Superman 64 had many levels, every single one was a load of gooseberry fool

Eighthours wrote:An anti-austerity protester made his pisspoor sign by using the box for his £600 TV. I do so love this gooseberry fool.

Cal wrote:

Lucien wrote:

Cal wrote:

Parksey wrote:

Cal wrote:

Grumpy David wrote:I'm okay with this.

Yep, me too. UKIP need Farage. Suzanne Evans would have been my preferred alternative in the absence of Mr Farage. 'Nige should go off and have a nice long break over the summer. He'll have plenty to do later on in the year!

Would you had been okay with it had one of the other leaders pledged to resign and still ended up as leader a few days later? If it had been Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg or, hypothetically, Natalie Bennett? I suspect you are and David are okay with it, as the broken pledge strengthens a party you both like, so Farage avoids being called a hypocrite and a liar.

No problem at all. That's their call. Personally, I was sad to see Nick Clegg take the fall. I liked the man (hated his politics). Miliband I never liked (but I hold nothing against him personally), but it would have been churlish to object to his staying on as Leader if that is what he wanted. I was genuinely surprised when all the Leaders began falling over like tenpins on Friday.

It's not about them wanting to stay on as leader: it's about them saying they'll quit if 'x' happens, then changing their mind half a week later.

After the votes were counted and announced Nigel Farage did exactly what he promised he would do, prior to the election: he tended his resignation as Leader of UKIP when he failed to win Thanet. It is then for UKIP as a body politic to decide whether or not to accept, defer or reject his resignation. They were quite within their rights to refuse it. He is quite within his rights to accept their decision.

So what is your problem?

Nigel Farage has vowed to resign as party leader if UKIP fails to achieve a general election breakthrough next year.

The UKIP leader said there was ‘not one ounce of complacency from me’ after he was selected last night to stand in the South Thanet seat for UKIP at next year's general election.

His nomination was overshadowed by Boris Johnson’s decision to throw his hat into the ring to be the next MP for Uxbridge in west London.

But Mr Farage said he confident that the Tories would lose votes to UKIP at the next election.

He said: ‘I'm not pretending for one moment that it's going to be easy, but Ukip is offering something different and distinctive.

‘If we'd failed in the European elections I would have stood down, if we fail next year the party will pick someone better than me, but do you know what? That ain't going to happen.’

http://www.dailyfail.co.uk/news/article ... ction.html

Nigel Farage dramatically raised the stakes in Ukip's quest for political power by vowing to resign as leader if his party fails to get any seats in the 2015 general election.

Farage made the pledge on the day he told the anti-EU party's spring conference: "This is our moment.

After speaking in Torquay of "ruthless targeting" to win seats at the general election, Farage put his own future on the line.

"I said in my speech we could get several MPs, or a good number of MPs, in Westminster in 2015 provided, and I made it absolutely clear, that would not happen unless we clear this hurdle effectively on May 22 [the local and European elections this year].

"I stand by that. This is the election Ukip has waited 20 years for."

When asked if he would stand down in the event of the party not returning any MPs to the House, he said: "I would have thought so, good lord yes. I would be out the door before you could say Jack Robinson."

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nigel-farage-v ... ts-1438430

However in his book he says: “The consequences of me failing to secure a seat for myself in the Commons would be significant for both myself and the party.

“It is frankly just not credible for me to continue to lead the party without a Westminster seat.

“What credibility would Ukip have in the Commons if others had to enunciate party policy in Parliament and the party leader was only allowed in as a guest?
“Was I supposed to brief Ukip policy from the Westminster Arms? No – if I fail to win South Thanet, it is curtains for me. I will have to step down.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... -time.html

Moggy wrote:

Eighthours wrote:An anti-austerity protester made his pisspoor sign by using the box for his £600 TV. I do so love this gooseberry fool.

Where does it show that he bought that TV? People can get boxes without buying the product you know.

Where does the writing on his sign show that he is against all forms of capitalism? People can disagree with cuts and austerity without rejecting all forms of capitalism you know.

It's a really weird idea you have that all left wingers and/or anti-austerity protesters have to be dirt poor. People can want a fairer society, less cuts and increased socialism without wanting to become a full blown communist state.

Eighthours wrote:Overall I think it's good that the Tories get 5 years to clear the deficit. If there is no deficit by the time of the next election, then we can have a real debate on how would be best to run the country with that albatross gone from our necks. I'm looking forward to that, as no party in its current form has all the answers and I enjoy reading all the arguments for different policies.

captain red dog wrote:I don't see the fuss. He said he would resign as he saw not getting elected as a failure. He tendered his resignation and the party clearly completely disagreed as they saw the vote share as a complete success and have asked him to stay on.

Same thing Alex Ferguson kind of did with his first retirement, and only people with an anti-Man Utd agenda got upset!

“It is frankly just not credible for me to continue to lead the party without a Westminster seat.

“What credibility would Ukip have in the Commons if others had to enunciate party policy in Parliament and the party leader was only allowed in as a guest?
“Was I supposed to brief Ukip policy from the Westminster Arms? No – if I fail to win South Thanet, it is curtains for me. I will have to step down.”