UKIP's ethnic minority poster girl quits party citing racism

[The Don]

"Ukip is playing the race card, so I'm quitting the party"

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"When I first joined, Ukip preached fair and equal opportunities for all, but they've made these elections a case of 'them' and 'us'"


As a British-born Indian supporter of Ukip I should be proud that the party I joined at 18 has grown to challenge the Conservatives and Labour so strongly. In reality, however, the direction in which the party is going is terrifying: Ukip has descended into a form of racist populism that I cannot bring myself to vote for. This week I decided to leave the party and I will abstain from voting in the upcoming European elections. I urge other Ukip supporters to do the same.

My reasons for supporting Ukip stemmed from liberal ideas such as lower taxes, a smaller state, freedom of the individual, local referenda, and an immigration policy that offered fair and equal opportunities for everyone. There was none of this "they took our jobs" business in the party's youth wing when I joined three years ago. Ukip's immigration policy, to me, was all about equality for every nationality; it was about treating Europeans and people outside the EU equally. But the recent racism scandals suggest, it seems, that most other Ukip voters and members support the policy – and the party – for a very different reason

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"The above poster epitomises where the party is going wrong. This anti-immigrant campaign undermines Ukip's claim not to be a racist party. They are turning the election into a game of "us" and "them". Well, I am with "them"."

Source (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/13/ukip-playing-race-card-im-quitting-the-party?CMP=twt_gu)

Rather ironic considering it was only the other day Farage was parading around with the few minorities ukip has and now their Youth Leader has quit citing racism as her reason.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Ahh, another hardcore libertarian bites the dust in Ukip. We've so far had Olly Neville who was thrown out of the party after advocating sex with animals (radical, nutty libertarianism) as well as Alexandra Swann (another 'poster girl') who left the party officially last week - which absolutely HAD NOTHING to do with her not being selected as an MEP candidate by the membership. Nope, nothing. Students in political parties are generally a weird bunch and a liability.

This one hasn't actually said the party is racist or that she experieced it herself, just that it is racist for the billboards that it has used. The question must be asked though, was she also a racist last week when she was on Channel 4 advocating an end to open borders with Europe? And if so, how is advocating controlled borders with Europe (which is majority white) racist? And why do Ukips other ethnic candidates not feel the same way?

She's another nutty libertarian who thinks you can open the borders and let absolutely everybody in. Deluded.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Fpe1MMlb4

Apparently she was convinced by the Adam Smith Insitute that mass immigration increases GDP (WOW, REALLY!?) forgetting the part about GDP per capita. But that seems to have convinced her on the issue of open borders, and now everybody who disagrees with her is a racist. So long, farewell........

[God]

No dont vote ukip We need to vote the BNP!

[Inseriousity.]

Your last sentence doesn't make any sense if she advocated UKIP's immigration policy. It's obvious to me that she's in favour of controlled immigration and the points system as it doesn't discriminate against race. I'd say she was spot on and it's actually a rather logical reason for leaving a political party. Good for her.

On that note, got a leaflet today detailing all the reasons I shouldn't vote UKIP. lolol

[-:Undertaker:-]

Your last sentence doesn't make any sense if she advocated UKIP's immigration policy. I'd say she was spot on and it's actually a rather logical reason for leaving a political party. Good for her.

On that note, got a leaflet today detailing all the reasons I shouldn't vote UKIP. lolol

She did advocate the policy, she doesn't now. Read her Twitter feed over the past few months, as I have been, and you'll see that she's been turned in favour of supporting open borders and allowing mass immigration.

By her own accusations, she was a racist until last week.


It's obvious to me that she's in favour of controlled immigration and the points system as it doesn't discriminate against race.

And that hasn't changed as Ukip policy. It is, as I said, she's turned in favour of mass immigration.

The majority of the public want an end to open borders, and don't believe the posters are racist. She's wrong.

[Inseriousity.]

Oh sorry I don't really follow Twitter, I was just going by that article

[GommeInc]

In essence she changed her mind. It's pretty standard of any key supporter/member who does this. "Advocate X. Begins to disagree with X. Support Y. Publicly denounce X."