Godfrey Bloom MEP is very simply a ridiculous specimen of a man! Why? Because he had to be ejected from the European Parliament for directing a Nazi slogan at a German MEP. In the Twenty First Century, this is simply unacceptable!
And if that is not enough, there was the incident in which he heckled the then Financial Services Authority Chief, that has subsequently given Bloom the honour of being the first person to be ejected from the Mansion House since the late eighteenth century. Of course, who could forget his "Bongo Bongo Land" remark concerning countries who receive overseas aid!
Number Two- The other weirdos crawling out of the UKIP Cupboard!
Although Mr Bloom's many indiscretions may have led to him no longer sitting in the European Parliament as a member of the United Kingdom Independence Party, enter David Silvester. The Henley-On-Thames Councillor, who had just under a year ago defected to UKIP from the Conservatives, made national headlines last month for his views that recent floods were a consequence of David Cameron legalising Gay Marriage!
Whilst some people may be quick to acknowledge the decisiveness of the UKIP leadership in suspending Mr Silvester, it is also worth remembering that UKIP were fully aware of Mr Silvester's general viewpoint on the subject of gay marriage, which of course prompted his defection from the Conservative Party in the first place. The question now will concern who else is waiting to crawl out of the UKIP cupboard?
Number Three- Nigel Farage has Colonial Tendencies!
UKIP Leader Nigel Farage does generally speak very very well and I heartily commend him for the prompt manner in which he has dealt with Mr Silvester. Farage has also though suggested that the British Overseas Territories (those relics from the once all powerful empire) should be allowed representation at Westminster. What Farage suggests is a detachment from the reality that the only UK policy areas which apply to these self-governing territories are Defence and Foreign Policy.
Therefore, for these territories to gain Westminster representation would surely be more unbalanced than what is referred to as the West Lothian Question, which has emerged as a consequence of Scottish Devolution. How can it be right for these territories to have an elected representative who can vote on English health matters for instance? Does Farage also consider it to be a spiffing idea for Mainland UK residents to gain electoral representation for the Legislative bodies of British Overseas Territories?
Of course, how workable would such an arrangement be of having an Overseas Territory MP? Would the Overseas Territories MP have a surgery in Pitcairn Island one weekend, then another surgery in the Falklands the next? Or would the MP simply conduct his surgery by Skype? I believe the main reason Farage raised this issue is not so much that he feels these territories have a dangerously muted voice, but more along the lines that he sees the British Overseas Territories as his best hope of UKIP winning a seat at Westminster!
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