Spent the last two hours on Fb - trying to calm troubled waters, as well as provoking further turbulence... and being called a Nazi. I am now so battle hardened by the whole social media thing that I barely noticed... or perhaps it was the port at supper that dulled my sensitivity.
So there was an hour or so of fire-fighting, messages, comments, sniping etc. and then at last things calmed down, and then we all started making little jokes about the far-right who have been threatening us. And all seemed sweetness and light again.
Of course, in my new discreet LP wannabe councillor guise, I cannot say more. I suddenly realised that although I am not exactly prominent, being a "leader" of SUTU here (officially co-chair) will make me more of a juicy target for UKIP. Then again, since I daresay a lot of kippers are not terribly hot on social media, they probably wouldn't know where to look - so I may be safe.
However, the truth is, the next two months will be a bit gritty. I am more confident than ever that Nigel Farage will not get a seat here. I wouldn't put it past him to do a flit to a more juicy prospect. Then again, where would he find one? Nationally their support is down to 11% and it's a bit of busted flush. Maybe Carswell will be re-elected and struggle on as leader for a bit, but I would not be surprised to find him dropping out, or "discreetly" rejoining the Tories...
The Rozanne Duncan revelations were pure joy. How can you be a councillor who denies services to black youth - because they are black - and say you aren't racist? Clearly she has no understanding or insight - and is thus pretty typical UKIP material.
Really insulting UKIP is very infra dig. like shooting rats in a barrel really (or is that meant to be hard? Rats move fast).
So there was an hour or so of fire-fighting, messages, comments, sniping etc. and then at last things calmed down, and then we all started making little jokes about the far-right who have been threatening us. And all seemed sweetness and light again.
Of course, in my new discreet LP wannabe councillor guise, I cannot say more. I suddenly realised that although I am not exactly prominent, being a "leader" of SUTU here (officially co-chair) will make me more of a juicy target for UKIP. Then again, since I daresay a lot of kippers are not terribly hot on social media, they probably wouldn't know where to look - so I may be safe.
However, the truth is, the next two months will be a bit gritty. I am more confident than ever that Nigel Farage will not get a seat here. I wouldn't put it past him to do a flit to a more juicy prospect. Then again, where would he find one? Nationally their support is down to 11% and it's a bit of busted flush. Maybe Carswell will be re-elected and struggle on as leader for a bit, but I would not be surprised to find him dropping out, or "discreetly" rejoining the Tories...
The Rozanne Duncan revelations were pure joy. How can you be a councillor who denies services to black youth - because they are black - and say you aren't racist? Clearly she has no understanding or insight - and is thus pretty typical UKIP material.
Really insulting UKIP is very infra dig. like shooting rats in a barrel really (or is that meant to be hard? Rats move fast).
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