UK Election Diary: Brexit, Libels, Spitting and Biting #noagenda

So what will be the impact on the election of the four Brexit Party MEPs defecting to the Tories?

My guess is: none.

Gravestone, From a Yet Unknown Political Grave

Another story I found mildly interesting, but will have little effect, is the news that the South West Norfolk Conservative candidate had his election papers signed by Dennis Pearce. Mr Pearce is the brother of football pundit, and ponyboy, Stuart Pearce.

So what? I hear you say.

Well, Dennis Pearce was the BNP candidate for South West Norfolk in the EU elections of 2009, and the 2010 General Election.

Seemingly the themes of redemption preached in the wake of London Bridge attack don’t apply in this case. I cannot confirm if Mr Pearce is in Norfolk to further the aims of the British motor industry.

Speaking of Roderick Spode, according to Andrew Hawkins, of polling firm Savanta Comres, in the Sun, “ He thinks people will be shocked, however, of how little an impact anti-Semitism in the Labour Party will have.”… on the election result.

Guido Fawkes has been stirring the pot on this subject again today.

I can’t say I am surprised that the subject of Labour’s anti-Semitism will have little impact. Labour have been a racist party for years, and will continue to be so regardless of what the EHRC decides.

It remains to be seen if Jeremy Corbyn embracing Sheikh Raed Salah, who said, “ We have never allowed ourselves to knead [the dough for] the bread that breaks the fast in the holy month of Ramadan with children’s blood”, will play well in Norwich.

A story that has not been played up in the media, but has caused much hilarity among students of professor Abbott, is the news that her son, James, whom she sent to private school to keep him out of the hands of black gangs, has been arrested for biting one police officer, and spitting at another.

Ms Abbott has been keeping a low profile during the election campaign, perhaps because she has a tendency to open her gob and say stuff. It is somewhat surprising, given that if Labour wins she will be the Home Secretary, that she instructed solicitors to prevent the Telegraph reporting on proceedings when her son appeared before magistrates.

Her son used to work at the British embassy in Rome.

Elsewhere, everyone’s favourite conspiracy theorist (after Alex Jones and David Icke) Carol Cadwalldr was in the High Court defending herself in libel trial brought by Arron Banks, benefactor of the Brexit Party.

I can’t help feeling that Putinphobic Carol might be on a bit of a sticky wicket. Since it is barely two weeks since she was on Twitter telling everyone who would listen that she had the data from Mr Banks’ hacked phone. And would be checking carefully to see if Putin, or anyone else vaguely Russian, had been ringing him.

Many have questioned Ms Cadwalldr’s sanity, and I find myself wondering how crazy to do you have to be to openly boast about handling stolen data, when facing an upcoming libel trial?

My guess is crazy enough to believe the Trump Impeachment trial.

While we are on the subject of crazy, I have been enjoying various foreign utubers trying to explain, or give commentary on, what is happening in the UK elections.

Aside from their apparent complete misunderstanding of the process, or indeed the nature of the First Past the Post system, my merriment levels increased at comparisons between Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders, and Boris Johnson and Donald Trump. I wouldn’t be so bold as to suggest there are no similarities, but I would suggest it is lazy, and more than a little self serving to say so

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However, I am more startled by the admiration shown for Nigel Farage.

I do not deny his role in Brexit. But equally I recall him as a rather embarrassed chap standing beside Robert Killroy-Silk, way back in the day, while the latter was ranting about Muslims.

Frankly I am astonished at suggests, by some, that Mr Farage could become Prime Minister. If only because he appears unable to form a workable party, as demonstrated by the defections today.

Though perhaps my greatest levels of smug enjoyment come from these utube experts attempts at predicting the result. This isn’t a normal election, it is being carried out in the winter(so the weather may be a factor), and despite signals that Labour voters may swing Tory — I am not convinced.

If that does happens, and this is my hunch, it will be on much larger scale than the polls are showing.