The depth of concern people feel about UKIP is not always matched by depth of understanding.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
UKIP trades in the language of fear and division; it seeks power in order to reject responsibility.
Ukippers are the kinds of fools who haven't noticed they're sleep-walking towards fascism. Many UKIP candidates are of the age when their parents fought in the Second World War.
They don't think we're in touch with modern Britain, or understand modern Britain or like modern Britain.
Of course we need to show we are a genuine alternative to an unpopular, Conservative-led government. But we need to set ourselves a higher standard than a party offering anger like UKIP.
I take UKIP very seriously. The truth is that UKIP presents an electoral challenge to all political parties. The way to defeat UKIP is not to be a better UKIP but to be a better Labour Party.
As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU.
From where many of us in the U.K. sit, American politics is hopelessly polarized. All kinds of issues get bundled up into two great heaps. The rest of the world, today and across the centuries, simply doesn't see things in this horribly oversimplified way.
Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.
Most people see through these issues but the corporate media doesn't reflect these sentiments.
The fact that the Conservatives are losing voters to UKIP while struggling to attract those who voted for other parties in 2010 suggests they have still not successfully shown what a Conservative government is for. This needs to be done on a broad front in a way that encompasses the economy and public services.
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