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UKIP MEP suspended over finances
Just as he was about to defect (or rather defect back) to the Tories
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30967633
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30967633
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How long until Farage is given his marching orders?
No it isn't. He had not defected to the Conservatives, he was planning so to do but did not. They might not even have accepted him. In any event he has not defected.
He has according to Sky News
http://news.sky.com/story/1414289/ukip-mep-defects-to-conservative-party
This man traded on his ethnicity. Its well known that Political Parties need ethnic minorities. Perhaps UKIP more than others, but all Parties are the same in wanting to recruit from minorities. Some applicants are genuine but some are simply opportunists. The politics for people like this isn't important, its the opportunity for personal advancement that counts.
I doubt he will be welcomed back by the Conservatives.
BBC says different.
A UKIP MEP has been suspended over financial and employment concerns, hours before he was due to announce his defection to the Conservatives.
Sky says
"On Friday, I met David Cameron and applied to join the Conservative Party.
No confirmation that he has been accepted.
You were saying.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/11367754/Ukip-MEP-Amjad-Bashir-defects-to-Conservative-Party.html
All very confusing.... we'll have to see how it pans out
Lets reword that then.
I doubt he will be welcomed back by most Conservatives.
That's a bigger u-turn than I've seen from Cameron.
I suspect that he's really projecting the comments he's made about UKIP onto himself and that he's "concerned with furthering" his "own interests than delivering to the British people"
I'd also say that he's talking about himself when he says, "they're (UKIP) pretty amateur".
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/11367754/Ukip-MEP-Amjad-Bashir-defects-to-Conservative-Party.html
In an article for The Telegraph, Mr Bashir says: “After almost three years as a party member, I realise that Ukip is more concerned with furthering its own interests as a political party than delivering for the British people.
“I’ve seen Ukip both at home, and abroad, and I’m sorry to say they’re pretty amateur. In the European Parliament, some of their MEPs think it’s acceptable to shout and fool around.”
Not a very nice man. We don't need the likes of him running this country.
Ho, ho, ho.
These Tories will try and deny anything.
Of course he won't be, he's got a dark skin, plus he's a Muslim.:D
There's rumours about him having met with MQM, a banned terrorist organisation in Pakistan:
http://order-order.com/2015/01/24/amjad-bashir-met-with-banned-terror-organisation/
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/canada/story.html?id=c045bc85-f122-423e-bcad-8cc6f2f20031
Also:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/253620071/Bradford-selection-UKIP
http://www.ukip.org/amjad_bashir_mep_suspended_from_uk_independence_party_following_investigation
When all else fails. Invoke the race card. It doesn't surprise anymore.
Going to be embarrassing for Cameron given he has made an official statement welcoming Bashir with open arms.
Equally emabarrasing. He was a UKIP member when the naughties took plsce. Hoprfully Mr Bashir will have some juicy stories about his fellow UKIP collesgues. This is just another hole in the sinking ship UKIP
Just like they don't need Reckless or Carswell?
Your predictions are almost as bad as Farage's.
He had already completed an article for the papers tomorrow regarding his defection so it was deal done.
Having seen his performance on Sunday Politics a few months ago, I would say he was pretty amateur and cringeworthy.
1. If there's any truth in UKIP's allegations of Bashir wrongdoings then this will be a minor problem for UKIP (makes them continue to look amateurish) but a much bigger problem for the Tories by taking on some opportunist who was about to be suspended from his own party.
2. If there's no truth in UKIP's allegations they'll come out of it really badly.
I think the former most likely as UKIP would have to be ridiculously stupid to have made up unfounded allegations. But the latter still a possibility.