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As you say Greg it will all be a waste of time if our own “Out” side do not wise-up and start talking the same language. But surely that goes for us all including you and me. So I cannot fathom why you are so hard on Ruth Lee and Dan Hannan who seem perfectly respectable Eurosceptics to me whilst even Christopher Booker seemed to be making sense although you found the need to rubbish him.
The referendum won’t be won or lost on such minuet detail that you seem to think is all important. It will be won by whichever side can peddle to greatest amount of believable propaganda. We learnt that lesson well with the election just gone when it all hinged on a scare tactic about some SNP party in the northern regions of the Kingdom. Once Labour could not say they would not need the help of the Scots Nats it sent shivers down the spines of the spineless and Cameron was home and dry. Those are the things that win elections because the majority do not nor cannot be bothered to apply their minds to the detail. For many people Article 50 does not exist and whether we are in or out does not seem to matter either. In the circumstance unless and until you, me and everyone else on the Eurosceptic side chose to work together and put aside their hatred of UKIP or whoever is the target of the day we will never be able to promote a unified front. I realise our campaign needs a non political figure as the referendum is a non party political moment and hopefully someone will emerge soon. I’m attending the Bruges Group next Monday so perhaps there will be someone suitable there. If not I guess it’s all down to you Greg as the man with all the answers.
I guess I should not be surprised that you return blustering your opinions, when during the election period you endlessly castigated this blog, which was proven right on all points whilst your predictions for the outcome were nothing more than ill informed fantasy – as the results showed!
Based on your track record for accuracy I hardly expect anyone but the demented to take note of your predictions and your sneering conclusions!
As to moving the referendum team, espousing NO, forward the loss of Peter Troye will be notable as he lies in hospital with his life in the balance and his intellect and personality considered unlikely to recover and return.
Tony Scolefied’s input will prove of great value but he is unlikely to a leadership role any more than would Robert Oulds, Christopher Booker or Richard North, who bring huge value to the campaign.
Clearly there is a need for a leader but having been utterly rejected every time (some 7) that he has stood in a domestic election Nigel Farage is divisive and consistently unpopular beyond his personality cult and those who see his debauchery and behaviour of a used car salesman as of value! Understandably his cult followers worship at his altar but they are few in National terms as shown by the undeniable fact that due to poor planning and political ineptitude Ukip only managed one MP based on his Tory following – a man at odds with Ukip leadership clique who is likely to move to an indipendent role within the year.
That you presume to criticise others when your guesses and efforts at judgement have been proven so inept is risible!
Thank you for your reply which does not always arrive after some of my comments. This main thrust of my contentions that you only write in acrid terms rather than in a qualified form is the thing that prompts my comments. Nearly everything you write is laced with hatred and excessive adjectives and adverbs that are not required. Your preoccupation with UKIP and some of its individuals illustrates where you are coming from rather than where we should be going to.
If we are all good Eurosceptics then why not concentrate on the subject and leave the invective alone. I want to see the UK out of the EU just as much as you but I don’t continually show my disdain for anyone that fails to share my views. Your blog could be a power for good but will never be more than it is now all the time you pursue your singularly personal vendettas against UKIP members. That is all I’m trying to say although I realise I’m in for another bashing when you have read this. Right, off you go. I’ve got the tin hat on.