tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277746591174465580.post9003148439999905694..comments2023-06-26T15:29:14.498+01:00Comments on Liberator’s blog: UKIP, 1963 and the Fall of ManGareth Eppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18198368251505541728noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277746591174465580.post-59673457777853222192013-05-10T21:11:56.518+01:002013-05-10T21:11:56.518+01:00I did say “Might this be the real reason for UKIP’...I did say “<i>Might</i> this be the real reason for UKIP’s appeal?”<br /><br />We know from polling evidence that UKIP supporters are motivated primarily not by Europe but by a whole raft of ‘drawbridge up’ issues and a yearning for the past.<br /><br />Prompted by Andrew Marr’s observation, I was merely speculating whether the underlying factor was a belief that humanity has fallen from grace.<br />Simon Titleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04121239127665359267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277746591174465580.post-68666467828285361992013-05-10T11:12:21.841+01:002013-05-10T11:12:21.841+01:00The straw man is the UKIP supporter who is "y...The straw man is the UKIP supporter who is "yearning not just for the 1950s but for the...time before Adam and Eve ate the apple". As you would demand from Cleggites setting up straw men within the Party, where is the hard evidence for your assertion? Or is it (as the Cleggites would no doubt also claim) just 'something that is clear to everyone'?<br /><br />I hold no torch for UKIP, but your posts about them seem to me to display less than your usual rigour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277746591174465580.post-56659649467465393322013-05-09T22:09:01.792+01:002013-05-09T22:09:01.792+01:00Er, what straw man?Er, what straw man?Simon Titleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04121239127665359267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277746591174465580.post-1783033252759632722013-05-09T11:57:05.603+01:002013-05-09T11:57:05.603+01:00This reads suspiciously as though you are creating...This reads suspiciously as though you are creating just the kind of straw man you generally deplore others for tilting at, Simon.<br /><br />David BertramAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com