JUST IN:
Ed: The letter below has just come in from our correspondent in the USA, and we add it to today’s “Letters” because last night’s Debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has been of such huge interest to the media here in this country:
Sir, I’m waiting to hear the analysis regarding Mike Pence’s [Donald Trump’s running mate] departure from the ticket; Trump’s decision to forfeit the debate; the Republican National Committee’s arcane rules for replacing the nominee and the resignation of his campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, who could not reconcile Trump’s behavior with her Christianity. Those subjects dominated the news cycle in the days following the release of the audio tape of an 11 year old conversation between Trump and a cousin of Jeb Bush that revealed Trump using a vulgarity to refer to women.
But it’s all crickets, folks!
“BECAUSE YOU’D BE IN JAIL” – that was the line that defined the night. Whatever the media and the moderators wanted to focus on, whatever they wanted to hang around Trump’s neck, he wrote his own script, he produced the play, he directed the cast and he was the star.
What was supposed to be a public lynching of a misogynistic vulgarian became an indictment of Hillary Clinton’s lawlessness, of the media that enable her, and the corrupt, utterly supine law enforcement agencies that cannot find a reason to bring her to justice.
The caricature of Trump as a sexual predator was never going to work. The supposedly adult, sophisticated, liberated women who slowly faint having the vapors while proclaiming they’ve never heard such language happen to belong to the same cohort that champion an idiotic play called The Vagina Monologues. The women who are slinging the tired ‘objectification of women’ slur are the same women who pine for a President Hillary because she has, you know, a vagina. They ARE the ‘Vagina Vote’.
The complicity of Hillary in her husband’s predation has been ignored by media and her minions for years. They are STILL doing it. Mika Brezhinski [a US TV presenter] is, as I write, almost in tears because Hillary won’t defend herself for staying with her husband for family and country.
For just awhile longer … The erosion has begun.
Will this turn the tide? There seem to have been a lot of tides in this election cycle. This particular one seems to have gone back out to sea. There will be more, I have no doubt. The pundits I’ve heard this morning are saying, in simple declarative sentences, that Trump cannot win. They are the same pundits I’ve heard say that Trump would never be the nominee, that Trump will lose the electoral college by a landslide, that Trump will forego last night’s election.
They don’t seem to understand that they’ve brought a laptop to a pub brawl and Trump owns the pub.
Respectfully, Pamela Gray
Ed: The following letters, by contributors to and readers of UKIP Daily, came in during the last week and reflect the thoughts of many members:
Sir, I have been a member of UKIP since May 1994 and have seen numerous resignations, arguments, etc in that time. They have all had two things in common – one, they were quickly forgotten and, two, party members in the country had very little idea what was going on. There has never been an explanation for what happened except generalised comments by the person involved. In fact, I still don’t know why Alan Sked, our founder/leader was ‘outed’. I use the word ‘outed’ because I don’t believe we were ever told what went on. I knew of his resistance to UKIP putting up candidates for the European elections on the grounds that we should not attempt to join an organisation we intended to leave, so I have always assumed he had to go in order to make that possible. The irony is that it was because members of other parties felt they could vote for us on this issue that gave us the chance to become well enough known to make people take notice of us. However, I don’t actually know the truth!
It is time members were told the background to such events. It’s no wonder that Ray Catlin felt it necessary to propose a new constitution that would make such secrecy less likely. There are defects in his proposals but there is no doubt he is on the right lines. My Branch is going to discuss his constitution tonight (5th Oct 2016). I rather suspect our view will be that anything will be better than whatever Head Office might propose because it curtails much of their current powers.
Respectfully, Ted Wildey
Sir, Here are my thoughts about the continuing need for UKIP. Referring to a recent Daily Express article, headlined “Putin stokes WW3 fears: Russia launches long-haul bombers to patrol Japan and Hawaii”, it would seem that Daily Express readers are not taken in by the stance of the West on Putin, nor is the general public unaware of the devilry of the mighty USA. Ukraine and Syria were peaceful countries until the West intervened, and even if there had been anything amiss with their leaders at that time, the West has delivered mayhem. It is of course far worse in Syria, where the UN estimates 400,000 have died. Even the Devil himself could not have delivered such mayhem.
The appreciation of how the EU was failing was brought about by Nigel Farage through UKIP. So UKIP’s job is far from over. A strong Party to attack the Conservatives is required!
What was so wrong with the perfectly English speaking Bashar Hafez al-Assad who studied at the Western Eye Hospital, in London, specialising in ophthalmology, or in other words he is an eye surgeon? Could Cameron or May have ever qualified as such? Assad could not possibly have survived this long in a civil war if he had been so unpopular!
The UK requires a Party to stand up for what is right in the world, and UKIP fits that bill. UKIP’s work is not over by any means.
Respectfully, Malcolm Shykles
Sir, This last week has displayed an inability of some of our MEPs to respond to the words of our leaders who have suggested harmony, working towards UKIP’s objectives and getting behind our leaders. When will some of our senior active members consider the people, the ordinary UKIP members who put them there? Many of them worked their socks off to achieve the results UKIP did in elections and the Referendum.
But what can we really expect when Mr Farage, Mr Gill and othe rsenior figures publicly show their anger and hatred towards the likes of Mr Carswell and Mr Hamilton.This open abuse breeds aggression, division, and undermines what we as Party stand for: to make things better for the people. As far as politics are concerned: has anyone noticed how well we are doing at the Welsh Assembly? 6 people working their socks off influencing Welsh policies with the Party’s principles in mind. At Conference it would have been interesting and constructive to hear about their work, in line with the London Assembly. In this past week, up to the affair at Strasbourg, the sound bites have been many, but one fundamental point has been missing from all that turmoil: Leadership!
Mr Farage, please lead! You are a powerful man, with strong beliefs and a way of convincing many people. You, along with many in UKIP, have achieved your life’s objective: to get us out of the EU. Now lets clean up this act. The MEPs are in your Team, they are our ambassadors. Let’s clean up this act now.
Respectfully, Ron Hughes.
I’m sorry, Mickey Mouse, but I have no idea of a potential Leader for UKIP. Certainly the previous candidates gave me no enthusiasm, unfortunately.
UKIP is not a vehicle for someone to demonstrate their egos or attempt to rise in the world of politics. We need someone “different”, not necessarily like Nigel but certainly just as effective, especially in public speaking, and I don’t mean like a vicar! With a current population of probably 75 million plus, surely there is someone who fits the bill? The problem is finding them! I have no magic wand and am on the periphery of the party, despite my dedication! I will go on hoping, praying and expecting!
Dear John,
Unfortunately, I find myself agreeing with you, but we have to choose someone.
I agree it is impossible to find someone to follow Nigel (who by the way was as far away from a vicar as imaginable!), but no one will be perfect. So, I suggest we rally round Bill Etheridge as at least he is a ‘clean’ candidate, and we can have a fresh start.
I find it extraordinary how virtually the whole of the EU and UK MSM are supporting Hillary Clinton and denigrating Donald Trump.
AFAIK, europeans don’t vote in the US Presidential elections, and one would assume that the opinion of the BBC or Guardian writers wouldn’t amount to a hill of beans for the ordinary American voter.
So why do they do it?
Lefty virtue signalling?
The continuing need for UKIP:
Surely no one can dispute the need for an effective UKIP opposition to ensure that May lives in fear of losing the next election and so ensures that we leave the EU with no strings attached. The squabbling needs to stop and quickly; time is short and there is much to do. Of course any official who is not able to focus on that objective needs to be replaced.
However, in addition to that focus, it is wise to have a backup strategy. I have long argued that our protection from a future takeover by our enemy across the Channel, aided by the traitors within, may be ensured by the destruction of that enemy. So UKIP should ally itself with anti-EU organisations in Europe and work to that end. That might for now take second place to our exiting the EU, but we do not want to be in the position as are now where total focus was on the referendum with, apparently, no plan to ensure that the result be respected.
The globalists will not let go of their dream easily but we can defeat them with sufficient numbers and determination.
Dee,thank you for your kind words and your support of our 6 UKIP Welsh Assembly Members.Yes there is a link which everyone can see here on UKIP DAILY.
“THE WELSH ASSEMBLY-THE FIRST REPORT BY ONE OF OUR AM’s”
It was excellently written by our AM GARETH BENNET,and was published on
September the 5TH 2016.
I myself have written two comments,one congratulating Gareth together with my friend,his assistant Richard Lewis.My second comment,explains in more detail the
Nathan Gill affair.
Also i urge everyone to see SENYDD TV, where our 6 AM’s can be seen in action!
Thanks Ron for your email,it is much appreciated.Great to see you at Bournemouth.
Thanks also for your support,when we found out on the Friday,afternoon that our new leader Diane James had introduced a revised agenda for our Conference.She had stopped our leader in the Welsh Assembly Neil Hamilton from addressing conference,on the Saturday morning.And in his place her friend Nathan Gill was going to speak.No one even had the decency to speak to Neil beforehand.Of course we were angry.For Neil to be snubbed was bad enough,but to make it worse,to allow
Nathan Gill to speak instead was beyond the pale.Nathan who was under investigation,and who had broken his promise,and was double jobbing,and had refused to work as a UKIP AM,he even resigned from being a UKIP AM,and instead
became an Independent AM.He refused to stand down from being an MEP,and after many warnings was sacked by our very own NEC,only to be reinstated by our UKIP hierarchy.I ask everyone is this the way to unite our Party,of course it is not,just
imagine what the disaffected Labour Party members who voted with us for Brexit
think now of UKIP.The very people that we were targeting and who lived in the former coal mining valleys which our Rhondda Cynon Taff Branch represents.
Yes Ron we do indeed have 6 (should have been 7)really great AM’s representing us
in the Welsh Assembly Government in Cardiff Bay.They are head and shoulders above the rest,and with Neil we have the most experienced Politician in the Welsh Assembly.We have indeed lurched from one crisis to another,and when you think it cannot get any worse,on top we now have the Strasbourg affair.Yes Ron we do now need to get our act together,we have so much work to do,but to kick start our
objectives we now more than ever need a leader who can unite the whole party,and
for many of us that person is Paul Nutall,who really is the best hope our party has.
GEOFF.ELLIOTT,UKIP PONTYPRIDD.
A lot of slinging mud at Donald Trump, here are a couple of video clips of Obama just to help even things up.
https://youtu.be/l-HqHSkYG-Y
https://youtu.be/WKYmiWiNqOw
The first one is enough to put shivers up your back, and accounts for Obama’s presidency coinciding with the extreme rise in islamic terrorism and his constant excuses for, and defence of, muslims in America. We should be very thankful indeed that the USA allows a President to sit for only two terms. What were they thinking when they elected – and re-elected – this communist/muslim sympathiser? The fact that he was sponsored and bankrolled by George Soros is a complete giveaway that he should never have been trusted.
I hope Trump isn’t finished, because the thought of H Clinton as POTUS is enough to make anyone cringe with dread. How she dare criticise anyone’s attitude toward women after all her husband’s antics, with her excusing everything to keep her hands on power, defies belief.
Trump bragging about his ability to touch up any woman to some giggling idiot on a coach wasn’t edifying, but it wasn’t ‘horrific’ either, as H Clinton said, typically exaggerating. I noticed that when Trump got off the coach, he was very polite to the beautiful woman who met them and didn’t touch her except for a handshake. He hugged her only at the urging of the man to whom he’d been boasting, and with the woman’s consent.
In other words, it was all talk, typical macho male bravado, rather silly and a good 11 years ago, long before his presidential ambitions or having any important public role – I don’t count ‘The Apprentice’ as important.
Those heterosexual male politicos who have been reacting in manufactured shock-horror are utter hypocrites, because if they have never participated in all-male nudge, wink chat about sex and women at some stage of their lives, they are very unusual heteros indeed.
Unless and until, UKIP can recruit another charismatic, determined, patriotic AND LOYAL Leader, it will stagger on in its own way. Whether it can gain large numbers of new voters, is debatable. The potential for UKIP is virtually unlimited and, as a member for many years, I very sincerely hope we can break out of the self-destructive mould and make UKIP a force to be reckoned with. We should jettison those who are ego-driven and support those who have the very best interests of the party, at heart. Anything less would be fatal.
Dear John,
Have you got any suggestions as to who that person may be and that more importantly they are going to stand?
Yes Mr. Hughes
I’ve noticed, and despite my early misgivings about things immediately following the triumph of UKIP in Wales, I am proud and delighted at not only the work of our AM’s in Wales, but the way we are so excellently informed of that work. The links to contributions from UKIP AM’s mean that we can avoid the worst of Caerwyn’s pompous performances, and can cut to the chase. Please keep sending.
Welsh UKIP is the only success story, and I try to point it out as often as possible. Please also continue to ignore the sniping from certain quarters, and keep up the good work.
Our MEP’s could perhaps take a leaf out of the Welsh book, especially the way you keep Welsh members informed.
Please pass on my comments and thanks.