Politics – UKIP. Just another week in the soap opera

UKIP soap rolls on.

So what happened in the UKIP soap this week?

A candidate resigns after saying that she was sexually harassed by the party’s general secretary during the selection process, although he strenuously denies the claims. He claims that they had a consensual sexual relationship. She denies that claim, very strenuously.

The most interesting plot from the soap was Kerry Smith’s resignation as UKIP’s candidate for South Basildon and East Thurrock. A recording came to light of a phone call that Smith had made during which he made homophobic and racist remarks. Now why he should feel obliged to resign is a mystery. I thought that being racist and homophobic was part of the entry test for UKIP.

UKIP has had been having a bit of trouble in South Basildon and East Thurrock. Smith was the candidate until Neil Hamilton was selected in his place. (You remember that old idiot, him of the strenuously denied Hitler salute while he was a Tory MP. Him with the dragon of a wife. Him with the cash for questions scandal. Him that was destroyed by a man in a white suit.).

Then Hamilton resigned and there were claims that he had been fiddling his expenses (what again? You would have thought that he had learned from the past.) Obviously he denies the claims, strenuously.

Then Smith was reselected, and then resigned. Whither now?
The BBC web site says “UKIP hopes to make a serious challenge for the South Basildon and east Thurrock seat in the forthcoming general election” Serious? They must be joking.