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Oh, you are going to see a lot more of this sort of thing from the completely unbiased BBC in the weeks ahead. UKIP: the only party that the establishment are so s*** scared of that they will search out the brother-in-law of the neighbour of someone who thinks they might have voted UKIP in 2005, and shove a microphone in his face, so there might be something they can edit up to sound irrational, and then attribute it to official party policy. What is being used against UKIP is the free discussion that is tolerated. Anyone can propose just about anything and have it subjected to open scrutiny. The establishment can't (read won't) get it's head around this. You'll notice that nowhere does the BBC link to actual UKIP policy, but prefers to interpret it. If a late and flustered Nigel Farage is accused of being unprofessional says "It took me six hours and 15 minutes to get here - it should have taken three-and-a-half to four. That is nothing to do with professionalism, what it does have to do with is a population." A perfectly reasonable statement given the blatantly obvious road overcrowding we now have, is twisted into a rant against immigrants, instead of the intended heads-up that things can only get worse without seriously considering the present pressures on ALL UK infrastructure. Then, we get: All complete and utter drivel, but crafted to make free discussion impossible. A few of these trolls are actually being paid by public funds, and many by party funds. Lots of people in this country don't want to see change, and when you can't argue against change, the way to fight it is to try to make people who advocate it look stupid by any possible means. When you control the media it's so easy! A constant barrage of left-wing "comedy" ridiculing Kippers on BBC radio being just one example. In previous generations this would have been completely shut down during an election period, but the establishment sees big advantage in ignoring precedent, and a meekly compliant public (who can't remember this protocol anyway) just devours the propaganda like in an Orwellian novel. Try standing up at a Lib or Lab or Con party conference and proposing something new. If procedural rules aren't used against you, then you'll be ushered out of the building. This isn't democracy, or even anything approaching popular democracy! Democracy includes the freedom for anyone to float ideas, and have them debated. Some will be crackpot, most will be entirely impractical (I'm looking at you Green Party), but in amongst them will be some gems which can be given a probationary try, and ultimately our society will be enriched by this.