Toby on Tuesday

'Celestial Bodies' 

For this week, three events to put a smile on the face of every UKIPper.

First, the leadership.   As leader of UKIP, indeed as the most influential political figure of the past generation, Nigel Farage was a meteor, in fact a fireball, in the political firmament.   As he hurtled through Eurospace, he left behind a trail of light, sometimes heat, and sometimes the charred remnants of those – from our former Prime Minister down - who unwisely found themselves in his path.   And without him, Britain would never have escaped the fatal trap or prison that is the European Union.    Our country owes him an immense debt that history will recognise more and more as the EU disintegrates.  By contrast, our new leader, Diane James, has the potential to become our Pole Star, our North Star, the constant around whom UKIP’s different elements can chart their course.   Stable, reliable and intelligent, she is precisely what the Party now needs and a sure guide to electoral success in the years ahead.   So it is vital for all our gifted, independent-minded UKIPpers to rally round Diane as the next stage of our journey unfolds.   She will certainly have the total support of all UKIPpers here in Yorkshire.

Next, the paralympics.   The figures speak for themselves – we can all interpret them as we wish, but they are simply humbling:

                                   Gold                 Silver                 Bronze                Total

1.  CHINA                    107                     81                       51                    239

2.  GB                           64                      39                       44                    147

3.  UKR                         41                      37                       39                    117

4.  US                            40                      44                       31                    115

5.  AUS                         22                      30                       29                     81

(figures correct as of 14:10 19/09/16)

Finally, an update on how the EU is finally descending into pure farce.   Our press has not really been reporting the latest spat between Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, and his predecessor, Jose Manuel Barroso.   Now Barroso first rose up via Portugal’s politics as a leader of the Maoist MRPP (Reorganising Movement of the Proletarian Party) before reaching the top of the EU, which he welcomed as a new European Empire – with Britain a mere colony of course.   In classic Blairite form, on his retirement in 2014 he decided to line his pockets as quickly as possible and was recently appointed Chairman of Goldman Sachs International.   This has caused a perfect storm within the European Commission, with Jean-Claude Juncker declaring, “Goldman Sachs was one of the organisations that...contributed to the enormous financial crisis we had between 2007 and 2009.   So one does wonder about the particular bank he has ended up working for.”   And EU staff have called the former Maoist’s behaviour “morally reprehensible.”   Indeed, one group of staff has launched a petition calling on him to forfeit his pension for bringing the EU into disrepute, a petition which has now received nearly 150,000 signatures.   So here is just one more example of why we must quit this rotten institution as soon as possible, bringing our soaring subsidies to an end.   And a revitalised UKIP under Diane James’ leadership – with Nigel Farage cheering her on in the background – will ensure that this is precisely what happens, so that Brexit really does mean Brexit!

Until next Tuesday!