Sergei Gotsmanov

Why does Brand not set up his own party and try to win a mandate at the ballot box. If he is such a revolutionary he could dip into his vast pockets and bankroll his own campaign. Personally I would not vote for somebody who thought it was funny to ring up an old man live on air and ridicule him for having slept with his granddaughter. It suggests that underneath all of the bohemian eccentricity lurks a nasty bully.

In fairness he recovers quite quickly

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1 So having sharply varying wage levels in the community has not created an in-balance in who wants to go where. Is this not a flaw in the policy? How many British plumbers are going to Poland 2 So because the EU is our biggest trading partner we cannot question their rules? Do you think trade will stop if we exit? I am sure the French wine industry or the German car industry will be keen to sort something out! Our economy is growing in spite of the EU because we have targeted other worldwide markets 3 So you admit that a fundamental aspiration of the EU, currency union is to blame for their economic woes? Actually nobody enforced the EU fiscal rules on Greece so in reality the EU is really to blame for their tragedy. 1 The EU, particularly now while they are almost in recession again, will not want to stop doing business with a major trading partner believe it or not it will hurt them too. Or are they stupid? Costs will actually go down because red tape will shrink. 2 You can actually still have immigration but managed immigration - having control of your border does not mean that nobody can come in, its brilliant you can choose who comes. Believe it or not the Indians and Chinese are quite clever, that is why so much of our manufacturing and service industry has gone over there - they can also come to us. Employment is currently rising but wage inflation is falling. 3 I embrace spending what we earn. The more wealth you generate the better the services you can provide. Otherwise you waste money paying interest and storing up problems for our children. I believe that if you smoke and drink its up to you. As it happens I am a great advocate of the EEC I just think that there has been too much of a shift from an economic aspiration to a political one and that has done an incredible amount of damage. Sadly the people who can change it have most to lose by change and that is very unfortunate.

KelvinsRightGlove, speaking as one of the morons who flirts with voting UKIP could you be kind enough as to answer; 1 Whether you think that an open door EU immigration policy is a sensible approach when managing budgets for local and national service needs like the NHS, education and housing. Indeed what do you think the impact on wage levels would be? 2 Whether it is genuinely economically and politically practical to have a one size fits all system incorporating 27 different markets when some of those markets share the same currency and others do not. Do you think we should have joined the Euro? 3 Do you think that the democratic process has improved as a result of being in the EU. Perhaps you could mention how it has helped the Greeks and Italians who have had leaders imposed on them and how that has helped harmony with in the community. I hope this gives you the opportunity to demonstrate why I am the moron and not you.

Good on you. I have waited all my life to see Saints win 8-0. I should buy a lottery ticket this weekend if I were you!

Why is the standard response to the extraordinary popularity of UKIP to smear and not to debate. Says far more about those that oppose them than those that support them.

One of the best posts I have read

It is exactly what is wrong with politics today. A sensible solution is proposed, the concept put forward by Mencap not that long ago and it is turned into a political football. As a result thousands of people rotting at home when they could be out in the workplace lifting their self esteem and feeling valued will have to continue to do so. Well done to the slick party machines and the spin doctors.

Their voice is regional and not national that is why their TV coverage North of the Border reflects that.

Why are they going to take part in a National debate when they only contest regional ones.

Because they are part of the government

The SNP do not field candidates out of Scotland.

UKIP won the Euro elections and that entitles them to eat at the top table.

They do but Up North

There is a balance and at the moment the current mob show that the balance has gone the wrong way and we have these dreadful manufactured politicians.

They should do it out of a sense of duty. It should not be a career choice. If it is a career they make decisions based on what is good for them not the people they represent.

That is not the case. He is very well respected in the industry.

Part of UKIP's appeal although it is also their downfall is the fact that they are not made up of 'career politicians'. In five years time it would be great if it was seen as politically stupidity for any of the big parties to put forward a candidate who has never had a proper job or run a business and who has no real exposure to the outside world.

I think that you will probably find in a lot of Lib Dem seats the local MP is well liked and there vote in many of their seats will hold up better than people think.

I would have interpreted that differently. I would say some of the traditional labour vote shifted to UKIP, while the Labour vote was topped up with disaffected Lib Dems. The Tory vote inevitably migrated to UKIP.

It hit the advertising hoarding and bounced straight out. Hughes did not even claim it nor in fact did anyone. It looked to al intense and purposes as if it hit the post. We were 1-0 down at the time and it would have made for an interesting game. Leeds then scored two more.

Yup Google, Starbucks and the like should be made to pay.

Why do you think your clothes are made in Bangladesh and you speak to an Indian if your internet is down?