The Guardian: "The UK Independence party today demanded an apology from David Cameron after he described them as "fruitcakes", "loonies" and "closet racists". The Tory party leader's remarks came after Ukip threatened to use the Freedom of Information Act to force him to reveal the names of individuals who have secretly lent money to the Conservative party. "Ukip is sort of a bunch of ... fruitcakes and loonies and closet racists mostly," Mr Cameron told LBC radio. Nigel Farage MEP, Ukip's co-founder, described the remarks as "disgraceful. We demand an apology". "We don't mind name-calling, it's politics, but in this day and age there are things you can't call people and racist is one of them," he said. He demanded to know "where and when" Mr Cameron was accusing the party of racism."
Also see BBCi.
Have you noticed that of all the subjects in the Tory diary, the UKIP gets the most comments? Just thought I would add that comment.....
Posted by: Commentometer | April 09, 2006 at 14:32
Maybe Cameron launched the attack against UKIP because he has failed to leave the European People's Party as he promised and he is worried that he will lose votes to them in the forthcoming council elections.
Posted by: James Wild | April 10, 2006 at 14:00
I've met a number of UKIPers and none that I've met are racist. Although I've also met many Tories obsessed with immigration and asylum seekers. Many of their party membership's views are almost identical.
Does Cameron not realise that thousands of Tory members occassionally vote UKIP?
Posted by: James Wild | April 10, 2006 at 14:08
Isnt The Conservative Party about 10 times the size of UKIP? That probablky means it has ten times as many racists.
I know a sitting Tory councillor who has a library of books on Hitler and the Nazis and who privately tells people the Holocaust was a good idea.
Incidentally Alan Clark was also a huge admirer of Hitler. He was a Tory, wasn't he?
Posted by: Anti-Cameron Tory | April 13, 2006 at 19:24
Isn't The Conservative Party about 10 times the size of UKIP? That probably means it has ten times as many racists.
I know a sitting Tory councillor who has a library of books on Hitler and the Nazis and who privately tells people the Holocaust was a good idea.
Incidentally Alan Clark was also a huge admirer of Hitler. He was a Tory, wasn't he?
Posted by: Anti-Cameron Tory | April 13, 2006 at 19:26