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Tories begin defecting to Ukip over 'loons' slur
Daily Telegraph ^

Posted on 05/19/2013 3:33:33 PM PDT by UKrepublican

Local Conservative party campaigners, including the chairman of one constituency association, will this week pledge their support for Nigel Farage after one of David Cameron’s allies described grassroots Tories as “mad, swivel-eyed loons”.

Mr Farage uses an advertisement in Monday's Daily Telegraph to urge Conservative voters to back Ukip. The “loons” description, he says, is “the ultimate insult” from a party leadership that has betrayed the trust of its own supporters.

He writes in the advertisement: “Only an administration run by a bunch of college kids, none of whom have ever had a proper job in their lives, could so arrogantly write off their own supporters.”

The Daily Telegraph, which reported the comment along with other newspapers on Saturday, has not named the individual who made the remarks.

Lord Feldman, the co-chairman of the party, denied over the weekend that he had been responsible and was said to be considering legal action after internet rumours suggested he had made the comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: cameron; conservatives; uk; ukip
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To: tomkat

Thank you, as well. And, Cheers, also, as well!


21 posted on 05/19/2013 6:44:00 PM PDT by man_in_tx (Islam is a Hate Crime. (Blowback: Faithfully farting towards Mecca five times daily!))
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Great series!


22 posted on 05/19/2013 6:53:42 PM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: UKrepublican

You gotta admit, though, that “Mad, swivel-eye loons” is an awesome name for a rock band


23 posted on 05/19/2013 6:55:15 PM PDT by PlateOfShrimp
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To: Jack Hydrazine
get the toonie real cold and the middle can be punched out turned over and put back in... at least that's what i've been told when i ask why some were one way and some the other
24 posted on 05/19/2013 7:19:56 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: UKrepublican

25 posted on 05/19/2013 7:57:38 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: UKrepublican

Good news.


26 posted on 05/19/2013 8:07:27 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yes, a very close match, but it is a party of itself and with a leader.


27 posted on 05/20/2013 2:47:53 AM PDT by UKrepublican
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To: BenLurkin
Certainly do: Nigel Farage on Islam
28 posted on 05/20/2013 2:49:41 AM PDT by UKrepublican
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To: JRandomFreeper

I’ve no idea, but I did notice it was locked as I did a search before I posted. It had no explanation.


29 posted on 05/20/2013 2:50:11 AM PDT by UKrepublican
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To: UKrepublican
Nigel Farage has recently said that he hopes that UKIP will continue to get attacked by the Tories. There's some controversy about who said what with this "swivel-eyed loons" comment. It could be a media plot to hurt the Tories. Unfortunately for the Tories, the comment has the ring of truth.

Attacking your supporters is something the establishment (RINO) types just can't help.

30 posted on 05/20/2013 5:15:52 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (.Are they stupid, malicious or evil?)
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To: man_in_tx

McCain, Bohner, our election consultants, Karl Rove and the GOP organization.

They really don’t want conservatives voting or being active.
That’s why they have stood by while the communists created it’s own kgb to violate the rights of conservatives and officially classify them as domestic terrorists. Rinos are perfectly happy being the minority global socialist party to the majority global Marxist party.

Glad the Brits are catching onto the Tories. We have to undo the rinos, too.


31 posted on 05/20/2013 7:27:12 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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