Thursday, 14 November 2013

Hypocrites attack UKIP over poppy wreaths

A couple of UKIP branches have attracted criticism for laying wreaths at Remembrance Day events, with one in particular coming under sustained criticism for the size of the UKIP logo in the centre of their wreath.

Members of Plymouth & South West Devon branch laid a wreath at the war memorial in Plymstock which had a large UKIP logo in the centre. Labour and Tory councillors immediately went on the attack seeking to score political points despite being told that the design of the wreath is something that the Royal British Legion decide on and that members of the branch have no say in what it looks like. The Royal British Legion have also confirmed that they produce wreaths with the logos of all the mainstream political parties on so similar wreaths will have been laid across the country by the Tories and Labour.

A wreath with a small UKIP logo was also laid in Lincolnshire without the branch's knowledge which also brought out the political opportunists with the leader of the Tories there trying to make political capital out of it by attacking the local party.

Trade union funded anti-UKIP campaigners, Hope not Hate, have attacked UKIP's Thurrock branch for laying the same type of wreath - the design that the Royal British Legion choose and the branch has no say over - at the war memorial at Grays in Thurrock.

It's worth noting the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems all lay wreaths at war memorials on Remembrance Day and have done for years yet there has been no criticism in the press of those parties for doing what some UKIP branches have done in exactly the same circumstances.

Three of these identical poppy wreaths are an acceptable way to remember our war dead and one of them is a disrespectful political statement that brings shame onto the people who bought it and belittles the contribution our armed forces to the nation. Can you spot the odd one out?



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You have to love the irony of the British Labour Party being the only party in this country to have groups of supporters funded by its main backers whose purpose appears to be to obstruct, harass and intimidate their political opponents. Anyone think of any other parties that have have had similar boot boys (and girls). Perhaps the other parties ned to reflect on how successful their own branding has been rather than attack UKIP for having a recognisable logo. After all, what relevance is flying, orange worm to Britain?
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Not since Oswald Moseley and the British Union of Fascists with the Blackshirts. Ironic isn't it?
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Oliver-Jack Parlor · 593 weeks ago

well the tories had the Sun, Times etc during the 1980's (Murdoch did not to my knowledge donate cash) were slavishly pro-thatcher with all that support in the papers it could be argued that Murdoch 'financially' supported the tories with free advertising through the medium of print. Saved the tory party millions in saved printing costs and distribution of the Thatcher viewpoint!

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