UKIP Leaders standing against the EU's plans to tax electronic cigarettes

[Ecigzone]

Nigel Farage and Paul Nuttall have made statements both on Youtube and on the UKIP website publicly announcing their stand in favour of ecigs against any EU taxation. Nigel Farage calls out the UK government to do something about this, but doubts they will.

UKIP Leaders Stand Against Electronic Cigarette Taxation

Are UKIP a good ally for us to have?

 

[madpiano]

Even if they would make ecigs free I wouldn't vote for them. Your ecigs may not get taxed in the UK, but there is a chance that you won't be allowed to live here anymore...
Also the UKIP MEPs are very unlikely to turn up to any votes of this being cast in the European Parliament. Usually they can't be bothered

 

[Vapemonkey1980]

I'm white, male, in my mid 30's and in full time employment... they won't get rid of me....

Rest of you chunts are on your own

 

[Malc6552]

Really

I'm white, male, in my mid 30's and in full time employment... they won't get rid of me....

Rest of you chunts are on your own

Cant imagine why you think that!!!!!!

 

[Vapemonkey1980]

Cant imagine why you think that!!!!!!

My name is also Nigel and my surname sounds like an American saying garage....

 

[securityuniform]

I'm not sure who I'm going to vote for, but if someone makes a public stand about vaping I'm more likely to listen. I suspect that UKIP are the protest vote of choice for the people who don't like the other minority parties such as green, BNP etc. I do think the current government listens to the minority parties to see which way the wind is blowing though so even if UKIP don't get a significant number of seats in the election I think whoever wins will pay attention to the causes people are voting for. Most of the minority parties have wild and wacky ideas that they know won't ever be taken seriously but occasionally they say something that touches a nerve such as alternative energy or vaping that look good on a mainstream party manifesto.

Farage plays the "common man who likes a beer and a fag" card pretty well. He knows his audience and like him or hate him he isn't one to beat around the bush and keep his mouth shut. I used to love people like Edwina Currie and Anne Widdecombe because even though I hated a lot of what they stood for, at least they actually stood for something. The current lot of both parties believe whatever their spin doctors tell them it is politically expedient to believe and rely on their personalities to whitewash over the cracks in policy.

 

[scrumpox]

UKIP are simply chasing single issue voters ... whatever single issue voters think is important enough to decide upon.
Seriously, would you vote for one political party over another simply on the basis of some hot air about supporting vaping?

 

[Vapemonkey1980]

To be fair I'd vote for one party over another if they offered me a fiver.

They never have.

So I don't vote.

 

[securityuniform]

UKIP are simply chasing single issue voters ... whatever single issue voters think is important enough to decide upon.
Seriously, would you vote for one political party over another simply on the basis of some hot air about supporting vaping?

No indeed, I'm just saying that a lot of stuff comes up this time of year and it's interesting to see who is saying what, and what is stolen from whom. I'm still undecided at the moment.

 

[Blackhack]

I'm lucky enough to live in Scotland where there is practically no UKIP presence at all......But I do keep in mind that I'm foreign to most of the Westminster parties....Thank god* for the SNP.

The sooner they rebuild the wall to keep wastemonster politicians out of Scotland the better...





*God used for illustrative purposes only. Other deities are available although results/existence is not guaranteed