The UK Independence Party anounces the resignation of Lord Pearson of Rannoch as its leader. Pearson, a decent cove, said 'I have learned that I am not much good at party politics'. This is rather understating the case.
Best wishes to anyone brave enough to take it on, but I fear that there is no one in the UKIP ranks with the visibility of Nigel Farage who, after his plane crash on Election Day, is said not to want the job.
In the 2009 EU elections UKIP came second, ahead of the Labour Party, with some 16% of the vote.
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17 August, 2010
22 April, 2010
Oh Dear
Several political commentators have declared this the worst interview given by a party leader in an election campaign ever. Unfortunately for me this is the party whose main policy, and several others, I support.
Pearson is a kindly old soul, from the Harold McMillan school of politics (‘Prime Minister, is there anything else you would like to tell the country?’ ‘No’) but someone in UKIP Head Office needs to tell him that in 21st century Britain the response ‘I haven’t come here to deal with the minutiae of the manifesto’ is, shall we say, sub-optimal.
Pearson is a kindly old soul, from the Harold McMillan school of politics (‘Prime Minister, is there anything else you would like to tell the country?’ ‘No’) but someone in UKIP Head Office needs to tell him that in 21st century Britain the response ‘I haven’t come here to deal with the minutiae of the manifesto’ is, shall we say, sub-optimal.
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