The Citadel Still Stands, Was It A Tremor Or A Murmur?

2014 was the year of UKIP, the rise of a protest party and that was about it, nothing really much to shout about.

Most results were already predicted, the slide of the Lib Dems, Labour and the Conservatives losing ground, but still i don't see myself shouting about anything.

All i see is that everyone who stood for election got so blindsided by UKIP and Nigel Farage that they forgot what they were doing and that is to win a election for their party.

Most Townhalls are still standing, UKIP only really took a handful of seats, they didn't take entire councils and in 2015 it is unlikely that they will get any MPs and that is how you judge your success, how many backsides you have on the benches in the House of Commons and in Councils around the country.

UKIP for me have limited appeal, they have limited policies and limited funds and no self respecting business owner would really fund them, i don't think they're fruitcakes in the way they've been portrayed, their election campaign was merely shock and awe when everyone else was hoodwinked into thinking something else.

UKIP remind me of the days of old, the protest vote for the BNP & National Front, two parties with limited appeal and policies, where are they now?

You don't have to be a mathematician to work out how UKIP work, they do the same as any other protest party, work areas of deprivation and poverty, promise the earth and don't deliver.

If your into UKIP i wish you all the best of luck, it's going to be a rocky road to find legitimacy, i don't think i'll be hearing the immortal words of "I vote UKIP because my mum, dad, aunt, uncle, parrot did, so do I!"

Never Trust A Man Who's Eyebrows Don't Match The Colour Of His Hair!

Saturday Morning and i can feel a bit smug, for months i had been campaigning on pro growth and please forgive me, i didn't realise how far reaching Social Media can be.

So i wake up to the news that the IMF has decided to look at George Osborne's Austerity Measures and the fact that he might have cut too deep too quickly. Result for me and everyone who campaigned with me.

Saturday evening we see on Sky News that former Chancellor Alistair Darling is talking rubbish about how he knew back in 2010 that Austerity Measures wouldn't work. I see history repeating itself, Alistair Darling didn't know whether the Austerity measures would work or not, all i will say is thank god for data mining, all he was saying is what i had said back in 2010 that Austerity Measures were a one shot deal only good for a year for short term gain. I had actually written it on my at the time very popular blog at the time.

God bless data mining and God bless Politicians who can't think for themselves and remember if you repost this blog post, you have to give credit to me!!