Quality! Although the "furore" around Calypsogate, yes it could be technically deemed as 'racist', but it was pretty diet coke compared to some of the other stuff that goes on in the Kipperdrome.
I think this was the plan - publicise the song, await for the outcry from the "PC brigade", bury the news about the alliance with the KNP Nutzis whilst Mike Read takes centre stage, who then withdraws the song, plays the victim, & then waits for Farage to claim that it was all the fault of "PC brigade".
Only *after* it was pulled was it mentioned that a share of the profits would have been going to the Red Cross to help fight Ebola, and make out that because of the "PC brigade" (such as "lefty" conservative MPs), then people in Africa will now die as a result, and it's all the fault of "lefties".
Result - As usual UKIP coat themselves in bogus victimhood surrounding the whole affair, and in the process gain a shedload of *good* (compared to KNP alliance) publicity as a result.
It's a strange world when I find myself agreeing with Dan Hodges!
"People are waking up to the fact there is something that isn’t quite right about Farage and his people’s army. Yesterday, in the wake of the Mike Read “Calypso” row, Ukip announced that the money that had been raised by the single would be given to the Red Cross. The Red Cross, understandably, said they couldn’t accept a donation from a political party in that manner. They added that was especially true given that the single criticised migrants, and they are a charity that works with refugees and asylum seekers.
Most political parties would have left it there. Not the zealots of Ukip. Their officials and supporters began queueing up to attack the Red Cross. They had a Labour supporter on the board. They were funded by the EU. It was all a great conspiracy.
You can’t do that. The British Red Cross was set up by Royal Charter by Edward VII. Their inspiration was Florence Nightingale. The Red Cross were there at Spion Kop. The Somme. Normandy. They are a real people’s army, not a self-styled one.
You can’t attack organisations like the Red Cross, and expect the British people to embrace you. Well, you can. But it won’t get you very far. Yes, it may get Farage as far as Rochester. Ukip remain a useful means of expressing displeasure at a range of issues, from the state of the economy to funding of the NHS to legitimate concerns about immigration.
But it won’t get him much further. The electorate are on to Ukip now. They have the new nasty party pegged.
Most of our politicians may cower when Farage swaggers in to view. The British people will not."
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