[Livia]

I just think they have to select their candidates a little more carefully.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Livia

I just think they have to select their candidates a little more carefully.

Well yeah but what do they have to choose from? There has been one incident after another so I've no idea how their supporters can seriously talk of a smear campaign. Ukip are doing a great job losing votes by themselves. The quality of the people they want to put in office a joke.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

Well yeah but what do they have to choose from? There has been one incident after another so I've no idea how their supporters can seriously talk of a smear campaign. Ukip are doing a great job losing votes by themselves. The quality of the people they want to put in office a joke.

Well, I can only speak from my own experience, I've never worked for UKIP... but the selection process for councillors, MEPs and MPs is the same as a job interview. You have to choose the best, most qualified candidate from a set of applicants. Sadly, fewer and fewer people are opting to stand and so the pool they're fishing from has got smaller and smaller. It gets to the point where you have to take anyone willing to stand in that area. UKIP being a small and virtually untested party suffer more than most when it comes to attracting suitable candidates.

Nice to see you back...I expect it feels positively arctic in comparison.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Livia

Well, I can only speak from my own experience, I've never worked for UKIP... but the selection process for councillors, MEPs and MPs is the same as a job interview. You have to choose the best, most qualified candidate from a set of applicants. Sadly, fewer and fewer people are opting to stand and so the pool they're fishing from has got smaller and smaller. It gets to the point where you have to take anyone willing to stand in that area. UKIP being a small and virtually untested party suffer more than most when it comes to attracting suitable candidates.

Nice to see you back...I expect it feels positively arctic in comparison.

I've caught a cold already. LOL

Surely it cant be too hard for Ukip to find suitable candidates before they tarnish their reputation all by them selves. The quality of their candidates is seriously undermining this campaign and will possibly affect future campaigns. .

[Livia]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

I've caught a cold already. LOL

Surely it cant be too hard for Ukip to find suitable candidates before they tarnish their reputation all by them selves. The quality of their candidates is seriously undermining this campaign and will possibly affect future campaigns. .

It's hard to tell at selection interviews. It's just like job interviews... you get people who promise everything and deliver nothing, you get people who are brilliant but don't handle interviews well... And of course, UKIP don't have an across the board appeal.

So... you went all the way to the Caribbean and all you brought back was a cold.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Livia

It's hard to tell at selection interviews. It's just like job interviews... you get people who promise everything and deliver nothing, you get people who are brilliant but don't handle interviews well... And of course, UKIP don't have an across the board appeal.

So... you went all the way to the Caribbean and all you brought back was a cold.

The trip was great even if all I've got to show for it is this cold. LOL

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Livia

Well, I can only speak from my own experience, I've never worked for UKIP... but the selection process for councillors, MEPs and MPs is the same as a job interview. You have to choose the best, most qualified candidate from a set of applicants. Sadly, fewer and fewer people are opting to stand and so the pool they're fishing from has got smaller and smaller. It gets to the point where you have to take anyone willing to stand in that area. UKIP being a small and virtually untested party suffer more than most when it comes to attracting suitable candidates.

Nice to see you back...I expect it feels positively arctic in comparison.

That's my thoughts exactly. It's a classic 'Catch 22'; a lot of people dare not approach to stand as a candidate for UKIP because of it's perceived 'racist' reputation - hell most people who do truly agree with most of UKIP's policies daren't even say so out loud for the same reason - so, as you rightly say, low quantity to select from, invariably means low quality of candidate selected.

People may not dare voice their agreement with UKIP, but if they speak instead with their vote in secret, and if Farage does establish his party as a creditable party with time and the racist 'bogeyman' is exorcised, then who can say whether UKIP becomes the number 1. party in UK politics or not?

Only time will tell.

I don't really subscribe to 'Better The Devil You Know' - not when each successive head Devils keeps promising to morph into Saints 'This Time', only to still boast horns, tails, and trident.