Oops. Britain's UKIP Drops Candidate for Saying He'd Shoot Rival

[cali]

he U.K. Independence Party has suspended a candidate in Britain's election after he said he would shoot his Conservative opponent.

Robert Blay was recorded by an undercover reporter saying of Conservative candidate Ranil Jayawardena that he would "put a bullet between his eyes" if Jayawardena became prime minister

The Daily Mirror ran footage of Blay making the comments and saying Jayawardena, who has Sri Lankan heritage, was "not British enough to be in our Parliament."

UKIP deputy chief Paul Nuttall said Wednesday: "We've suspended him immediately, which is the right thing to do, and we do have a history of getting rid of people when they do something wrong very quickly indeed."

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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/05/06/world/europe/ap-eu-britain-election.html

[T_i_B]

1. This is a particularly bad example...

....of how many 'Kippers behave. They have become increasingly far-right and Mosleyite in nature.

[cali]

3. UKIP reminds me of the Tea Party

in some ways, and I wouldn't be the least surprised if many UKIP members view ol' Oswald as a hero. (I actually know more about his 2nd wife, Diana Mitford, that I do Mosely)

[T_i_B]

4. Yep

They are our equivalent of the Tea Party.

They are certain to win at least 1 seat at this election. Might even win 1 or 2 more but I hope they don't.

[pampango]

2. The main party want the UK to leave the EU really have a lot of 'solid citizens' among

its candidates.

Far-right does not begin to describe them.