If this doesn’t convince you, nothing will…
In a recent article in The Guardian, it could be easily to interpret that councillor David Silvester was suspended for his anti-gay comments that suggested gay marriage caused the recent flooding.
He wasn’t.
As BBC News reports, Nigel Farage said he was suspended for refusing to shut up…
UKIP leader Nigel Farage said he was entitled to his “strong Baptist view of the world”, but had defied a request not to do further media interviews.
Mr Farage said: “So we suspended him, quite rightly.”
I think there is a critical difference. He was suspended because he refused to stop talking about it. UKIP have not spoken out against the statement. They have just said he should not be talking about. This fits with the original statement that UKIP gave to The Telegraph.
If the media are expecting Ukip to either condemn or condone someone’s personal religious views they will get absolutely no response.
So UKIP are fine with people being a bigot, as long as it is religious bigotry.
It is worth noting however that UKIP does not share Silvester’s views on gay marriage. Their, very different hatred of gay marriage, is outlined explicitly on their website.
Sadly, this photo almost entirely sums up the British attitude towards immigration.