On Friday, 2 May 2014 14:00:13 UTC+1, Nightjar wrote:
On 02/05/2014 11:47, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 02/05/14 10:28, Nightjar wrote:

On 02/05/2014 08:47, harryagain wrote:

Been a lot on the TV about various UKIPper being "racist".

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Xenophobia does seem to be the core of what little policy they have, so

it would be surprising if they did not attract racists.





I really didn't have you pegged as as ignorant as that, Colin.



On both statements



I can't see that wanting to leave the EU can be driven by anything other
than xenophobia.

I can it's caleld £55 million or more a day or you just don;t want your tax money goign to MEPs inflated saleries or you don't like the biases deciasions the EU makes.

There is certainly no good basis for leaving.

I might not want to leave but I would like to see things change.


Similarly
for their stance on immigration. This country owes a lot to previous
generations of immigrants,

Some of those previous immigrants are the most vocal about the country not being swanped with eastern europeans who ARE very racist especailly agains blacks and muslims in particualar.
Just becuse you see racism as black against white that doesn't equate to British against immigrants.


from the Huguenots (a proportionately much
larger influx than we see today) onwards.

Not to sure that's true or even relivant.
We cerianly stoped the Nazis from bring their ideas to the UK, and theres those immigrants that want to bring in female genital mutation, and those that do want shira law and practice it.


As for the racists, are you saying they won't be attracted to any party
that has xenophobic policies?

For me that would depend on whether *I* considered the policies xenophobic or not.
Do you see the banning of forced marriages as a xenophobic policy I DO NOT ?