Just a reminder that the UKIP Thanet AGM will be on the 12th March 2008 at `158 King St, Ramsgate. Time 7.30pm.

If anyone wishes to discus local national or international topics with members of UKIP Thanet, the office, 158 King St, Ramsgate. The office is always open on a Wednesday morning 10am till 1pm. You can meet a diverse group of individuals who hold many different opinions on many subjects but what they all have in common is that they care very much about Thanet and Britain and are deeply concerned about the events in the world and Europe. Please pop in.

January 2008

AGM
We wish to tell you that the Annual General Meeting of the Thanet Branch of the United Kingdom Independence Party will take place on
Wednesday 12th March 2008
at 7.30 p.m.
at our office 158 King Street,
Ramsgate
Kent.

News
You will be pleased to hear (read more…)

It has been interesting to see the news lately explaining the cost of Immigration. The BBC covered in its news Wednesday 30th January, the increased cost of migrant maternity per year and that was quoted as £390million. Kent’s chief constable Mike Fuller says migrant crime has cost the Police Force in Kent £34 million over the last three years. Then, not quoted in the news, is the cost it is having in Education and there is the cost of new homes being built everywhere in the UK.

Most people in the UK now recognise that Immigration does cost. Then why is it that so many voters still vote Tory, Labour and Lib Dem? None of these parties foretold this. UK Independence Party is the only party that would have addressed these problems. There is an old proverb that prevention is better than cure. Well UKIP was the prevention and UKIP is the only offer of a cure.

So how are we going to pay for the cost of immigration? Well, it is the rich that wanted the cheaper Labour so let the rich pay higher taxes. And while on taxation and according to the news yesterday, apparently the labour government has miss calculated the expected revenue from tax by £8 billion. So if £8 billion is needed then taxing the rich is the only fair solution that I can see. Labour cannot afford to increase the base rates, as there has already been shrinkage of available income. If anything the base rate should come down to allow the majority of working people to get by. Minimum wage needs to go up immediately too to ease the pressure on those on low income. I would also raise the threshold for when one has to start paying tax, everyone benefits and any lose of tax revenue here could be compensated at the higher tax increase say for example people earning more than £120k pay more.

Other related articles see: -
Dare I Talk Immigration
Brown Cameron debate immigration

Article By
Trevor Cooper

A state that dwarfs its men in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands will find with small men no great things will be accomplished.

J S Mill 1806-1873.

SCHOOL 1957 vs. 2007

A humorous and purely hypothetical set of scenarios representing the crazy society we’ve become. Don’t take it too seriously.

Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fight after school.

1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up mates.
2007 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it. (read more…)

I think it is time we looked again at the Nuclear issue.

Below you will see the arguements I presented in March 2007 and why I dislike Nuclear Power. In the Kent on Sunday, Nigel Farage has again argued very articularly about the need to act fast. (read more…)

To Thanet and UKIP Members

Happy New Year to all of Thanet I hope you all had a good Christmas and that the New Year has started well! That is probably true for most (read more…)

Today, 19 December 2007, 3 boys were found by Plot Holders in the act of breaking their property. When challanged they split and one was caught. The boy broke into tears wet himself and soiled his pants (read more…)

I t has been said that UKIP is an old peoples party and it is true that a high percentage of the membership is over 50. So why are we not engaging with the teenager? (read more…)