Since becoming party leader last September, Henry Whatsisname has notably failed to give Ukip the sort of dynamic, charismatic, Faragist führerschaft that hard-core Kippers crave. He managed a few headlines when he said something bonkers about strangling badgers, but apart from that, low-energy Henry's profile has been lower than a snake's belly, leaving ex-leader, Nigel Farage as the de facto face of the Ukip brand.
But not any more. With the new year comes a new burst of energy. Henry is finally reaching out to the youth. Specifically, he's reaching out to a blonde glamour model 25 years his junior. According to Henry, his Russian* wife, and mother of his two children, is "fully aware" of his latest youth outreach activities.
Usually, I'd say "so what?" and move on. People, and their relationships, are complicated, even people in the public eye have the right to a private life and, in any case, it's his politics, not his domestic arrangements, that matter. But then the Mirror published a photo of Henry's new squeeze flipping the bird while posing in front of a Confederate flag and I thought, "You know what, normalising this sort of garbage is political."
Of course, in itself the photo doesn't, in itself, prove that Jo Marney is some sort of fascist. Maybe she has an unaccountable fondness for The Dukes of Hazzard, although she looks too young (both for Henry, and to be into some cheesy 1980s TV show about good 'ol boys). Maybe she's just too stupid or ignorant to know what America's equivalent of the swastika stands for (although being a fascist and being an ignorant dumbass are not necessarily mutually exclusive categories).
But as she's gone onto social media, venting rubbish that's too unpleasant even for the S*n,** I'm disinclined to give her the benefit of the doubt:
*What is it with Ukip and the Russians? Try as I might to keep Hanlon's Razor sharp, there's Henry's Russian presumably-soon-to-be-ex Missus, Arron Banks's Russian wife, Farage's links with RT (formerly Russia Today) and his open hero-worship of Vladimir Putin - even Henry's leadership rival, flying aircraft carrier and interstellar colony ship enthusiast Aidan Powlesland, promised that "in a symbolic gesture of friendship he would also make it easier for Russian tourists to travel to the UK." The idea of collusion still looks too conspiracy theory-ish, but if there's nothing illicit going on with the Kippers, then they're either trolling us, or disturbingly obsessed with a chillingly authoritarian regime.
**Not something I'd normally link to, but when something's too vile even for the S*n, citation's needed.
But not any more. With the new year comes a new burst of energy. Henry is finally reaching out to the youth. Specifically, he's reaching out to a blonde glamour model 25 years his junior. According to Henry, his Russian* wife, and mother of his two children, is "fully aware" of his latest youth outreach activities.
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| "Is that a 2.5m hose and tool kit in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?" |
Usually, I'd say "so what?" and move on. People, and their relationships, are complicated, even people in the public eye have the right to a private life and, in any case, it's his politics, not his domestic arrangements, that matter. But then the Mirror published a photo of Henry's new squeeze flipping the bird while posing in front of a Confederate flag and I thought, "You know what, normalising this sort of garbage is political."
Of course, in itself the photo doesn't, in itself, prove that Jo Marney is some sort of fascist. Maybe she has an unaccountable fondness for The Dukes of Hazzard, although she looks too young (both for Henry, and to be into some cheesy 1980s TV show about good 'ol boys). Maybe she's just too stupid or ignorant to know what America's equivalent of the swastika stands for (although being a fascist and being an ignorant dumbass are not necessarily mutually exclusive categories).
But as she's gone onto social media, venting rubbish that's too unpleasant even for the S*n,** I'm disinclined to give her the benefit of the doubt:
"THE topless model lover of married UKIP leader Henry Bolton branded Grenfell Tower a 'nest of illegal immigrants' in a vile social media rant.I know she's a quarter century younger than Henry, but 29 is way too old have the excuse of being a hormonal teen who doesn't know any better. And as for Henry, and the party he represents, they're clearly the same bunch of two-faced Nazi-lovers who came up with the infamous Goebbels-style "breaking point" propaganda campaign back in 2016. The personal, in this case, looks very political and the political looks very nasty. As Ukip is a small, fringe party with a failing leadership, this shouldn't matter much. But now that the UK's political class (with a few, too timid, exceptions) has tied itself to realising Ukip's insane project, it does.
Jo Marney, 29, labelled the decision to offer permanent residency to survivors of the tragedy "disgusting" on Facebook."
*What is it with Ukip and the Russians? Try as I might to keep Hanlon's Razor sharp, there's Henry's Russian presumably-soon-to-be-ex Missus, Arron Banks's Russian wife, Farage's links with RT (formerly Russia Today) and his open hero-worship of Vladimir Putin - even Henry's leadership rival, flying aircraft carrier and interstellar colony ship enthusiast Aidan Powlesland, promised that "in a symbolic gesture of friendship he would also make it easier for Russian tourists to travel to the UK." The idea of collusion still looks too conspiracy theory-ish, but if there's nothing illicit going on with the Kippers, then they're either trolling us, or disturbingly obsessed with a chillingly authoritarian regime.
**Not something I'd normally link to, but when something's too vile even for the S*n, citation's needed.
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