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Eurokip have been found wanting yet again with Farage accepting a nice expensive shiny new office which is paid for by the taxpayer.
Roger Knapman said that Nigel Farage, his fellow member of the European parliament (MEP) who replaced him as party leader last September, has ignored the values that "prevent us getting dragged into the comfortable EU world that leads down the path to 'going native'." It seems every where you turn in UKIP , there is a lingering stench of fraud or some form of financial misstatement, and now we have the icing on the Eurokip cake with Farage “turning native” as Knapman also accuses the party of sending its MEPs on "junkets" and employing their wives as assistants, apparently contrary to an internal Ukip agreement made in 2004. Farage employs his wife Kirsten as a £24,000-a-year home-based secretary using his parliamentary allowance. How much more can the UKIP cabal spin and ultimately fleece the ordinary hard working party members who in their naivety believe Farage and his career cronies are doing the job of initiating UKIP policy of withdrawal from the EU. Greed, sleaze, alleged fraud and corruption are all traits of the EU and UKIP to-date has slotted in very nicely indeed, a round peg into a round hole. The Popular Alliance can only say : Farage and Co “have shown themselves to be model Europeans” and are wrecking any trust in eurosceptic parties with thier greed and self serving interests, the public will no doubt be thinking they're all the same. Please find the confidential Knapman letter HERE The Times goes on to say THE leader of the UK Independence party (Ukip) has been accused by his predecessor of "selling out" its eurosceptic principles to secure a plush new office. Roger Knapman said that Nigel Farage, his fellow member of the European parliament (MEP) who replaced him as party leader last September, has ignored the values that "prevent us getting dragged into the comfortable EU world that leads down the path to 'going native'." "I cannot stand quietly and idly by forever if our basic principles are sold down the river," he said. Knapman's criticism is contained in a letter to the party's ruling national executive committee (NEC) which was sent following Farage's decision to sign a declaration espousing the principle of "subsidiarity". Ukip has always been in favour of total withdrawl from the EU, but accepting the principle of subsidiarity means accepting the authority of the union to take decisions which are not devolved to national or regional government. The full story in the Times may be read HERE Finally, the Popular Alliance say "it is a shame Knapman employed polish workers from his sons Euro employment company to do his house up, or support the latest UKIP nasty "Tom Wise" with his shiny new car which also didn't do the eurosceptic movement any favours either"
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