Fascists physically assault Farage

UKIP is racist.

Not counting the MEP's we will win in 3 weeks time.

Oh wow MEP's, even the BNP do well in european elections, why, because low voting turn out in the general population and high turn out with radical and small party voters. The significance of UKIP will be decided in the next general election.

The amount of MEP's shows how many people actually support UKIP. If we had the AV, we would be in Westminster already.

You should write headlines for the DM

Like I said, radical parties always do well because radical party voters always turn out in force for euros and the unlike the rest of the voting populace. Going by history, what a party gets in the euros is never a good indication of what they will get in a general election.

The true popularity of UKIP will be decided in the next general election. Are they popular enough that people are willing to completely go against the status quo of voting for labour or cons (lib dems to lesser extent) like what happened with the snp. Or have ukip been unable to make any real significant support.

I hope this scumbag is jailed for assault. Of course, this is just more proof that those who oppose UKIP are violent angry and lonely men who have no communication skills whatsoever, so have to resort to violence to get their view across.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27242557

You seem to be defending an illegal act. Do you support threatening and terrorising type behaviours, such as physical assaults in politics?

The difference is that a racist act is inherently racist. 'A common fascist technique' has nothing to do with fascism, merely the people who promote fascism. Using violence to promote a political idea is not inherently fascist in the same way being racially prejudiced is racism.

Many religious evangelists use leafleting to get across their message. That doesn't make leafleting a religious act.

I'm beginning to see why you might support UKIP.

Saying that something is not fascist is not the same as defending it.

I'm not violent or angry, but I still don't like UKIP because they're full of racists and blame immigrants for the country's problems when really it's blokes like Farage (bankers) who are largely to blame. In fact, 89% of the country don't plan to vote for UKIP, are they violent and angry too? If they are, we could have a great revolution.

This sounds like semantics to me and I fail to see the logic in the distinction you are drawing.

How is a fascist act not inherently fascist? If it carries the hallmarks of the broad concept of fascism, then how is not inherently fascist?

And let's not gloss this, it was using violence to demonstrate that Farage's ideology was, in the mind of the attacker, inferior to their own beliefs.

I don't see your point? Of course it doesn't make leafleting in general a religious act, just as homophobes punching gay people in the face does not make punching in general a homophobic act.

Jesus Christ, simmer down. I bet you didn't feel this outraged when someone egged Prescott.

Like an egg hitting any politician, it was funny.

I'm not violent or angry, but I still don't like UKIP because they're full of racists and blame immigrants for the country's problems when really it's blokes like Farage (bankers) who are largely to blame. In fact, 89% of the country don't plan to vote for UKIP, are they violent and angry too? If they are, we could have a great revolution.

Are you defending the egging?

No, of course not.

I think you're making far too much of it, but I'm not defending it - it was wrong and stupid.

I'm just saying that throwing an egg at someone doesn't make you a fascist.

Well he punched him with an egg, not threw it. And violence is a technique of a fascist.

Yes, I believe you, thanks for making me see the truth, I'll now vote Labour in the Euro elections....

If I wasn't voting UKIP already, stupid statement like these would push me towards them.