I'm tempted by Nigel Farage !

Brave post, NanKate!

Just because things are not now as they were of yore, does not mean that we want UKIP in charge of anything. Yes, what NF says IS tempting to people[that's the secret of his success] just as Hitler's speeches were tempting to voters in the 20's and 30's.Or Moseley here in Britain.I do hope that people won't let UKIP in, little by little through the back door.

I agree rosesarered the "softly softly" insidious agenda of extremism is sometimes missed until it is too late. NF's pronouncements about being halfeay home pn the zrain is the sort of arrant inflammatory tosh I can do without. I know what I might be tempted to do!

My ex said that at least UKIP were honest about what they thought and I had to agree with him about that [he is a long time Labour voter and always will be]. However, just because they say what they think it doesn't make what they think is right. Or just. Or stops it being racist or inflammatory.

Go and see the Book Thief.

Does NF have any policies on Education, Health, Climate, Middle East, Childcare, Fuel & Energy, Communications, Pensions, Women, Rural Affairs etc etc?
There is a lot more to government than just the narrow policy platform he is known for. We do not hear about much else. I am sure it is on a website somewhere but tbh as I am not a fan of his European policy I am not looking!

Everyone says we must learn from history ..history tells me that in times of economic down turn a country can be drawn to nationalistic & extreme policies which lead a country into war that it can ill afford.

I don't think they have ay policies that I have spotted.

Don't get tempted NanKate till you have quizzed them in minute detail to see if you can find the vestiges of a proper policy on any subject at all that might hold water in the real world.

They are one-trick ponies - that is no basis for government.

Change is always scary and our new multi-cultural society causes fear in some people - UKIP are simply playing on these fears in order to achieve power - and as we know, power corrupts. The world has changed and being sad that the country is not that of our childhoods gets us nowhere.

There are two conferences on at the moment, Ukip and the Green Party. It was annoying on the BBC news that Ukip got much more coverage than the Green Party. Natalie Bennett was shown standing up to give her speech and that was it. Hope the Green Party complains.

In my childhood there were lots of immigrants.
However, no central heating, outdoor toilets, no cars, no clean air in the cities.
I do not want that back, although I would not mind having the NHS of my childhood.

I am not, and have never been, tempted by the Conservative party and am even less tempted by UKIP.

It is easy to look back and think things were 'better' in the good old days when more kids died in childhood, pea-soupers were common, cancer was certain early death etc etc!

Of course things change otherwise we would still be in caves! Not everything is perfect and we will sometimes 'miss' things from the past but we are a country made up of immigrants from Normans, Vikings, Romans et al onwards. But perhaps I would say that as my dad was an immigrant!

UKIP's campaign director is Neil Hamilton ..... says it all.

Nobody realises my son's partner is an immigrant, Danish, until she tells them. Then they are usually quite taken aback as her English is perfect, along with the accent. She could never be taken for a Geordie, though.
My other son's wife is Spanish. Both teachers, both taking other people's jobs.
Should Ukip send them back home, NanKate?
They both took degrees here and stayed.

Actually, NanKate, please vote Ukip. One less Tory vote.

Riverwalk, read in the paper that the Tory secret weapon is John Major!

Was it Nigel Farage – it was certainly a UKIP panjandrum – who decried women in politics and suggested that they should spend more time cleaning behind the fridge? I think every women in the country should spurn such an archaic viewpoint and UKIP.

Thanks for all your comments which I have read carefully and will consider before the next election.

To set the record straight the last thing that I am is racist. I taught a multi cultural group in adult education and loved it. It is only the number of immigrants that worry me.

I think that I am a bit naive where politics is concerned.

Because so many women fought hard so I could vote I will continue in my quest to find a party that suits me.

I think UKIP and the Greens serve a useful purpose as illustrating end points of the political spectrum.

Farage does talk sense but is it all hot air before the elections? Too many times we've been told by certain mps what they will do and they never carry the promises out..!!! They are all as bad as each other!

what Farage does is highlight for many people what concerns them and which the mainstream parties studiously avoid even though it does concern so many people. for that UKIP serves a useful political purpose.

I have always considered UKIP to be National Front lite. Farage takes an atom of truth and spins a whole web of deceit around it. Yes there are a lot of people coming to this country - but the vast majority come here to work and make a contribution to our society, like durhamjens DILs. Newspapers like to headline the number coming just to take advantage of our benefits system but that is only a minority (and I say this as a DM reader ).

There may be a case for vetting immigrants (like Australia and New Zealand do) but that vetting procedure will have to be very well thought out and conducted.

I don't give allegiance to any political party, but come election time I question the candidates not only on the policies of the party but also what that candidate is going to do for the local area. My current MP is a Tory and in my dealings with him he has always been helpful and accessible.

NanKate - I wish you lots of luck in finding a party to suit you - I have never succeeded - but I m not a "joiner"! Slavish allegiance to one party seems a bit mindless to me - how can you possibly agree with everything they propound? It is sometimes amusing to see party members trying to pretend that they do.

Yes that's very true Mishap. Floating voters, hopefully, keep all parties on their toes.

Yes I am definitely a floating voter, with NF fading into the distance quickly after all I have read about him above. I think I have been taken in by his outgoing demeanour.

Made me jump NanKate - NF- National Front...
Nigel Farage is not QUITE that bad ... but I am glad you've changed your mind. Sadly, too many will be taken in by his jovial face and stupid jokes.