Deliver a Pizza?
Hardly a day goes by without some senior figure in Ukip making themselves and their party look completely stupid which makes me wonder what they would do if the party ever got the chance to exercise real political power.
Here are another two examples of the fruitcakes and loonies who make up the People's Army, one from The Independent and the other from The Herald, but I wouldn't trust Ukip to deliver a pizza, myself
Jane Collins also implied the Mark Russell was guilty of ‘criminal activity’ in fiery Twitter exchange
By ROSE TROUP BUCHANAN - The Independent
A Ukip MEP has been forced to apologise after allegedly accusing the CEO of a Christian charity of being a paedophile.
Jane Collins, Ukip MEP for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, apologised to Mark Russell two days ago after wrongly implying on Twitter the head of Church Army charity was guilty of “criminal activity”.
Mr Russell, a Labour party member, tweeted his support of the party’s candidate in the South Yorkshire police and crime commissioner by-election when Mrs Collins – who has been campaigning heavily for Ukip’s candidate in the election – replied.
“Yes because we’d soon stop your criminal activity. Paedos leave our kids alone.#UKIP”, she wrote.
A by-election was called following the resignation of Shaun Wright, the Labour police commissioner, in the aftermath of the Rotherham child exploitation scandal.
Mr Russell screen-grabbed the offending remarks, requested an apology – and an explanation.
“Stop my criminal activity? Have you heard of libel law?” He asked before requesting an apology.
Mrs Collins later attempted to explain her comment, suggesting that “it was aimed at the paedophiles not you”, adding: “I’ll take the tweet down because it read wrong but if you want to protect vulnerable people your [sic] with the wrong party Mark !!”
As the exchange attracted increasing attention from other social media uses, Mr Russell replied: “I’m not happy with an apology with a but in it. I’m ceo of @Church Army and I want an unreserved apology”.
Speaking to the Guardian Mr Russell claimed the accusation was especially damaging given his work, which includes supporting extremely vulnerable individuals. He also mentioned Mrs Collins’ original accusation was re-tweeted by Ukip supporters, furthering the spread of abuse.
Mrs Collins did eventually offer a full apology, writing: “Mark I have said it wasn’t aimed at you personally and it read wrong. I unreservedly apologise for implication.”
The MEP has also said she will donate to Mr Russell’s charity, an evangelist organisation – which counts the Queen among its patrons – linked to the Church of England, although Mr Russell claims this was only proposed after he had threatened to sue her.
Mrs Collins did not respond to emails. Mr Russell declined to comment further.
A Ukip MEP has been forced to apologise after allegedly accusing the CEO of a Christian charity of being a paedophile.
Jane Collins, Ukip MEP for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, apologised to Mark Russell two days ago after wrongly implying on Twitter the head of Church Army charity was guilty of “criminal activity”.
Mr Russell, a Labour party member, tweeted his support of the party’s candidate in the South Yorkshire police and crime commissioner by-election when Mrs Collins – who has been campaigning heavily for Ukip’s candidate in the election – replied.
“Yes because we’d soon stop your criminal activity. Paedos leave our kids alone.#UKIP”, she wrote.
A by-election was called following the resignation of Shaun Wright, the Labour police commissioner, in the aftermath of the Rotherham child exploitation scandal.
Mr Russell screen-grabbed the offending remarks, requested an apology – and an explanation.
“Stop my criminal activity? Have you heard of libel law?” He asked before requesting an apology.
Mrs Collins later attempted to explain her comment, suggesting that “it was aimed at the paedophiles not you”, adding: “I’ll take the tweet down because it read wrong but if you want to protect vulnerable people your [sic] with the wrong party Mark !!”
As the exchange attracted increasing attention from other social media uses, Mr Russell replied: “I’m not happy with an apology with a but in it. I’m ceo of @Church Army and I want an unreserved apology”.
Speaking to the Guardian Mr Russell claimed the accusation was especially damaging given his work, which includes supporting extremely vulnerable individuals. He also mentioned Mrs Collins’ original accusation was re-tweeted by Ukip supporters, furthering the spread of abuse.
Mrs Collins did eventually offer a full apology, writing: “Mark I have said it wasn’t aimed at you personally and it read wrong. I unreservedly apologise for implication.”
The MEP has also said she will donate to Mr Russell’s charity, an evangelist organisation – which counts the Queen among its patrons – linked to the Church of England, although Mr Russell claims this was only proposed after he had threatened to sue her.
Mrs Collins did not respond to emails. Mr Russell declined to comment further.
Ukip MEP in equality attack
By Robbie Dinwoodie - The Herald
SUPPORTERS of equal marriage have been dubbed "equality Nazis" by Ukip's MEP for Scotland David Coburn, who said it amounted to "rubbing people's noses in the dirt".
Mr Coburn, who is gay, has argued in the past that legalising same-sex marriage provokes homophobia in the wider community, but his comments have now gone much further. Apart from referring to "equality Nazis" he is quoted as saying the issue only matters to "some queen who wants to dress up in a bridal frock and dance up the aisle to the Village People".
Scotland's only Ukip parliamentarian reportedly told the Huffington Post that same-sex marriage was "false b******s" that "makes a mockery of the holy sacrament of marriage".
He said: "What you're doing with the gay marriage issue is you're rubbing people's noses in the dirt."
"But when you go across the road to pick a fight with someone of faith, that's not got anything to do with it, that's the equality Nazis trying to give Christianity a jolly good kicking. You know it, I know it, we all know it - it's false b******s, the lot of it."
Tim Hopkins of the Equality Network said: "David Coburn's thoughtless comparison of equality campaigners with Nazis is an insult to that regime's victims. His nasty comments about couples who are currently looking forward to their same-sex wedding day reinforce the impression that he simply doesn't care who he offends."
The SNP MSP Marco Biagi said: "It is incredibly offensive comments like these which go some way to showing why the latest poll has support for Ukip at just two per cent in Scotland - and confirms why it is so dangerous for the Westminster parties to lurch to the right in order to pander to Ukip's extreme agenda."
