http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk Read information about the UK Independence Party in Thanet Sun, 11 May 2008 12:25:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Don’t say you’re English From the Queen’s Royal Lancer’s Website: Goodbye to my England, So long my old friend Your days ... http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/a-poem-from-a-ukipper-in-exile/ Around the UK many councils will be having a local election today 1st May 2008. I’m not sure how well UKIP will do in these boroughs and I suspect the success will depend very much on the size of the team of volunteers and how well they have marketed their ... http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/local-elections/ Congratulations to Trevor Shonk who, on the 28th April 2008, become the prospective candidate for UKIP Thanet South after a close fought election. Tags: thanet south, ukip, husting http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/husting-results/ (To the tune of The Clash’s “London’s Burning”) Thanet’s burning What have we done? Is it really true? That the police are so dumb Investigating crime Is a thing of the past The burning train, It won’t be the last What have we done? What have we done? Thanet’s burning It’s up in smoke The Thanet Council Is just a joke They go out for ... http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/thanet%e2%80%99s-burning/ Congratulations to John Moore of Thanet North on becoming a parish councillor for Herne and Broomfield. http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/congratulations/ UKIP Thanet will be celebrating St Georges Day on the 19th and 20th April. Visit their office between 11 and 3pm to join in the fun. Bring the young ones for face painting and other arty activities. At 158 King St Ramsgate. Tags: celebration., ukip, st george http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/st-georges-celebration/ If we look in the dictionary, a traditional English dictionary, and not a EU new speak dictionary, the word blight is described as a disease effecting plants; An environmental condition such as air pollution effecting or killing plant and animals; Something that withers hopes and ambitions and impairs growth or ... http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/blighted-britain/ Notice of Hustings meeting on the 28th April 2008 7pm At 158 King St Ramsgate. Time to elect your candidate for Thanet South. It’s your choice come and vote and decide who will represent you in the next general election. Tags: candidates, thanet south, election http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/candidate-selection-husting/ I expect most people in Thanet are aware that the Pavilion building, formally a casino, on Ramsgate seafront is currently not in use. Would this not be a fantastic location for an Ice Rink? I am aware that the building is in a poor state of repair as mentioned in this ... http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/ramsgate-ice-rink/ Snippets From The Daily Mail. The silliest headline has to be the arrest of three illegal immigrants who were caught trying to leave the UK leaving Dover for France. The Daily Mail 7th March 2008. A Home Office spokesman said “the men were taken to a holding room to be processed”. ... http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/news-this-week-from-daily-mail/ A letter to the Adscene 28th February 2008 The A256 traffic misery was brought about by council thoughtlessness (Adscence February 21). What amount of money -£6.5 million for a by pass. Don’t forget that our council allowed the nightmare Westwood Cross. This money will not do much to stem the traffic ... http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/our-island-crater/ I am not a number! NO2ID is a single-issue pressure group established with the aim of stopping the government from introducing compulsory Identity Cards with a National Identity Register. (NIR) the vast database necessary to make the cards work. The principle of an identify card is not the problem. I am ... http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/no2id/ Just a reminder that the UKIP Thanet AGM will be on the 12th March 2008 at `158 King St, Ramsgate. Time 7.30pm. Tags: ukip thanet http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/agm-rreminder/ 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 ... http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/local-ukip-events/ 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 that Labour M.P.’s at Westminster are ... http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/quarterly-news-letter/ 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 ... http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/the-cost-of-immigration/ 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. Tags: state, wisdom, the past http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/wisdom-past/ 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 ... http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/changing-state/ 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. And it is ... http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/nuclear-debate-revisited/ 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 of us but we at UKIP Thanet do spare a thought for George our chairman who suffered ... http://www.ukipthanet.co.uk/new-years-message/