Financially as well as Morally bankrupt
It happened. Of course it would, every extremist organisation is eventually sunk by its own cock-ups. Every organisation that sets itself up as a moralising force of zealotsis eventually found wanting. Just look to the American Evengelical preacher who was found taking crystal meth and sleeping with male prostitutes.
I am, of course, talking about the United Kingdom Independence Party, who have suffered not one but two revelations about their finances.
The first was some two or three days ago, when it was revealed that the electoral commission was ordering them to pay back the £360,000 they received from a man who was not on the electoral register. A little legal point here, in order to legally donate money to a political party, you need to be on the electoral register and if a party accepts money from someone who isn't, they have to give it all to HM Treasury. This is what is happening to UKIP.
Of course, they claim that they're being victimised. Pity the poor euroskeptic fools, the government is victimising them by making them obey the law. Of course, the Government has had its own fair share of alleged dodgy deals (just ask Lord Levy), and the idiots in UKIP are using this to try and excuse their own behaviour. Well, yes, the government should be investigated, but whether or not they sold cash for peerages doesn't excuse UKIP's breach of legal requirements.
The second was a revalation regarding emezzlement of EU funds. It turns out that a UKIP MEP, one Tom Wise, stole £40,000 or so into his own private account, claiming that he was paying one of his staff members. Of course, the fact that his party is opposed to the EU "gravy train" didn't hinder him in his efforts. Oh no.
But this is not the only way in which UKIP takes advantage of the EU funds that they are so opposed to. EU rules forbid party workers from being paid with taxpayers money. So what does UKIP do? It hires party workers as "advisers" or "assistants" to its MEPs, allowing them to draw salaries of up to £40,000. Corrupt? I think so.
And one final point on the electoral commission's ruling. One woudl think that UKIP would be proud that, after spending money on things detrimental to the UK (namely their existance and electoral campaign), their funds were instead going to go to the Treasury, from where they can be used to pay for schools and hospitals and other things that are actually beneficial to the United Kingdom.
I am, of course, talking about the United Kingdom Independence Party, who have suffered not one but two revelations about their finances.
The first was some two or three days ago, when it was revealed that the electoral commission was ordering them to pay back the £360,000 they received from a man who was not on the electoral register. A little legal point here, in order to legally donate money to a political party, you need to be on the electoral register and if a party accepts money from someone who isn't, they have to give it all to HM Treasury. This is what is happening to UKIP.
Of course, they claim that they're being victimised. Pity the poor euroskeptic fools, the government is victimising them by making them obey the law. Of course, the Government has had its own fair share of alleged dodgy deals (just ask Lord Levy), and the idiots in UKIP are using this to try and excuse their own behaviour. Well, yes, the government should be investigated, but whether or not they sold cash for peerages doesn't excuse UKIP's breach of legal requirements.
The second was a revalation regarding emezzlement of EU funds. It turns out that a UKIP MEP, one Tom Wise, stole £40,000 or so into his own private account, claiming that he was paying one of his staff members. Of course, the fact that his party is opposed to the EU "gravy train" didn't hinder him in his efforts. Oh no.
But this is not the only way in which UKIP takes advantage of the EU funds that they are so opposed to. EU rules forbid party workers from being paid with taxpayers money. So what does UKIP do? It hires party workers as "advisers" or "assistants" to its MEPs, allowing them to draw salaries of up to £40,000. Corrupt? I think so.
And one final point on the electoral commission's ruling. One woudl think that UKIP would be proud that, after spending money on things detrimental to the UK (namely their existance and electoral campaign), their funds were instead going to go to the Treasury, from where they can be used to pay for schools and hospitals and other things that are actually beneficial to the United Kingdom.
posted by CJM | 3:55 PM
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