UKIP disown entire manifesto

[Neil]

Does anyone know why the Guardian thinks that repainting trains is a stupid idea?

[Zanza]

Does anyone know why the Guardian thinks that repainting trains is a stupid idea?

Maybe they don't think it is stupid, just ridiculous in a political manifesto? Why should the government care about the color of trains? For a party that fights against the euro-bureaucracy that kind of stuff seems extremely petty minded.

[Neil]

Yeah, but this is the Guardian.  They believe that the government has a vital role in determining how, when and what colour to paint trains.  Shouldn't they be happy?

[MadImmortalMan]

Lenin should decide what color the trains are.

[Maximus]

Have you not noticed when you go abroad that the signs always refer to dogs, ctas and ferrets. Why rabbits, hamsters, gerbils and weasals get a free ride, I have no idea.

Everyone knows that rodents don't carry diseases.

Wait, weasels? Are there non-ferret weasels widely kept as pets?

[Sheilbh]

Nigel Farage today called the manifesto 'drivel' and the work of an 'idiot', former UKIP (now Tory) MEP David Campbell-Bannerman. He in turn basically said Farage wasn't serious as he never read the document and it was based on very serious policy meetings. When asked about the compulsory uniform for cab drivers he said that that wasn't one of his ideas but it was based on very serious policy meetings

Maybe they don't think it is stupid, just ridiculous in a political manifesto? Why should the government care about the color of trains? For a party that fights against the euro-bureaucracy that kind of stuff seems extremely petty minded.

It's not actually that surprising. The cabinet got into a fight over Eric Pickles' (Tory Local Government Minister famous for his office spending £10 000 on biscuits) desire for councils to bring back weekly bin collection, while the Lib Dems are very keen on maintaining the norm which is weekly recycling collection and fortnightly rubbish collection.

What's really absurd of course is that the cabinet's talking about this at all and remember this is a government that wanted to be the most decentralising ever

[Josquius]

On the one hand they're eeeeevil super liberal racists.
On the other hand: Trains.



I guess in their defence...maybe this could be put down to them being realistic? They know they're never going to win an election. But if pigs fly and they get a number of seats then maybe they can make up part of a coalition, with the only conditions they can get through being the petty stuff.

[Ideologue]

Why Nigel Farage can't remember his own manifesto:

[The Brain]

PAINT TEH TRAINS!!!1

[CountDeMoney]

You what make terrible pets?  Rabbits. 

Nonsense.  Rabbits are awesome pets.

[Ed Anger]

Fucking long ears.

[CountDeMoney]

re train painting:  I heartily agree with this initiative.  However, what are "traditional colors colours coulouors in the UK for trains?

[derspiess]

Fucking long ears.

But enough about Prince Charles.

[CountDeMoney]

DAYUM
PRINCE OF WALES NUTSHOT

[Ed Anger]

England can do with a few less third worlders.