NO SHEEP, NO LEMMINGS...
Friday, November 27, 2009 at 07:30PM 
Pleased to read that a former Conservative peer has been elected the new leader of the UK Independence Party. He was my choice and this is a good move by UKIP.
Lord Pearson of Rannoch will take over from Nigel Farage, who has been in charge for three years, after polling 48% in a ballot of party members. He was granted a peerage by Margaret Thatcher in 1990 but had the Tory whip withdrawn in 2004 after suggesting voters should support Ukip in that year's elections. He is a strong supporter of freedom of speech and earlier this year invited the right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders to Britain to screen a controversial film about Islam.
In his acceptance speech today Lord Pearson said his ambition was to win enough support to force a hung Parliament in next year's general election. Ukip campaigns for Britain's withdrawal from the European Union. Lord Pearson said: "Ukip is not for sheep, Ukip is not for lemmings. Ukip is for people who think and act for themselves.
Lord Pearson, UKIP 
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Reader Comments (1)
Pearson's a decent chap and a patriot to the core. It's bad news for the BNP because Pearson has stated that UKIP will now (assuming the State can't bankrupt it first) focus on immigration and islam in the future as well as the need to leave the EU.
A huge number of patriots are itching to vote for kin and country but can't bring themselves to vote BNP. If UKIP can avoid being put out of business by the State gauleiters of the Electoral Commission, they might just be that solution.