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Originally Posted by kirklancaster

The Conservative Party in its infancy, and even during its maturity, has had more than its fair share of Racists and Little Englanders who gravitated towards the party because its policies more closely aligned with their own views than the other parties.

The Labour Party, similarly has had more than its fair share of Communists and Marxists who joined it for the same reasons ; that its policies more closely aligned with their own views than the other parties.

And we will not mention that both parties harboured real TRAITORS to this country in the shape of Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt --- Oh I just did, sorry.

As for 'lying' -- EVERY PARTY LEADER has not only LIED as PARTY LEADERS but more importantly LIED while PRIME MINISTER if they've held power. Farage is a Novice by comparison.

Farage is the victim of very clever, well funded, and well placed propagandists who resurrect certain views which he may have opinionated in his past, in order to 'embarrass' him now by re-quoting them.

Is not Farage allowed to change his mind? Is a person not allowed to change their opinion?

Is a Party Leader not entitled to hold opinions which because they have been vetoed by his party in a democratic ballot, he cannot express as Party Policy?

Do we really believe that Cameron and Milliband, and EVERY Political Party leader of the past HAVE NOT held PERSONAL VIEWS which ran contrary to the party line?

There is no justification for 'scare-mongering' about what Farage may or may not do if he ever won an election, the fact is that IF he did turn out to try to implement policies which were damaging to this country (and he would be in good company if he did and only following ALL the PM's before him) then one solitary four year term is NOT sufficient for such adverse policies to be damaging at all, because he would most certainly NOT be in power for a second term if that were to be the case.

With Farage as PM, opinions as to what damaging policies he MIGHT implement are but WILD SPECULATION -- with both LABOUR and the TORIES THEIR continual damaging policies ARE DEFINITE HISTORICAL FACT.

Contrary to what some people might think, Nigel Farage came out of this debacle with a massive amount of respect and credit.

Millions of people watching this probably saw what I witnessed ie a pre planned stitch up of the UKIP candidate with a loony left wing audience, together with the other party leaders also conspiring to brow beat Mr Farage.

Well it hasn't worked and if I'm honest it has probably had the opposite effect in intended because I like most viewers sat at home saw an honest, truthful and dignified performance from Nigel Farage where he answered honestly and spoke the truth.

I think UKIP's stock will rise even further after this as people can clearly see the establishment are desparate to stop this man and his party at ALL costs.

If politics in this Country has any chance of ever re-connecting with the average person on the street, people like Nigel Farage must succeed in breaking the sham that passes now for politics.

Eventually enough people with half a brain will see he is speaking the truth and that truth shame's the mainstream political parties as it shows the dismal abject failure of politics in the UK in the last 50 years.

Let's have more debates like this as eventually the real message will start to hit home.