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May 17, 2019
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In a front-page story, The Telegraph (prop: the super-rich, tax exile, not at all biased Barclay brothers) declared that the new Brexit Party is showing the fastest growth ever recorded for a British political party and that its many rallies are all sold out.

It does appear to be the case that the rallies to date have been well attended but primarily by people of a certain age, not a broad spectrum of the population. However, I have seen photographs of the BP Bus stranded in the middle of an empty car park in Merthyr Tydfil with only a gaggle of devotees in attendance. It looks like taking the sun in the garden – at home or by a pub – might have taken precedence over Tice and Farage, straight man and comic.

In the recent past there have been other signs of what the real level of support for the BP, and its effective predecessor UKIP might be. In the time leading up to the democracy shattering party’s own Great Leap Forward into the public arena there were two big ones:

In March 2019, 1 million people marched in London against Brexit. In the same month the tawdry march organised by Nigel Farage and his cronies, attracted feeble numbers wherever it went. That man appeared only when it suited him and only then as long as the pubs were shut.
The ‘Revoke Article 50’ petition which attracted 6 million signatures compared to two Brexit- supporting petitions – ‘Leave the EU without a deal’ and ‘Parliament must honour the referendum. Leave deal or no deal’ – which attracted 247,000 and 180,00 respectively.

I do not say that these numbers reflect overall support for the BP, which seems to be doing frighteningly well in the polls, but I do think that it might be a very good indicator of the commitment and, in many cases, even the physical capacity of those supporters. With no political philosophy to back up the single policy party, it’s hardly surprising.

On a more technical and sinister note, we have these doubts being expressed about the BP’s funding and enrolment processes:

https://bylinetimes.com/2019/05/14/brexit-party-donations-an-open-invitation-to-launder-money/

https://bylinetimes.com/2019/05/15/brexit-party-donations-farages-miracle-claims-do-not-add-up/

So, we ask ourselves, or we should do: Why is the Telegraph publishing this stuff when an amateur like me can drag up quite a few doubts about it in no time and without their resources? Could it be that the BP is a right-wing construct, designed to stop a socialist government?

As Stephen Stills wrote:

‘Paranoia strikes deepInto your life it will creepIt starts when you're always afraidYou step out of line, the man come and take you away

It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down’

Paranoia is essential today.

And, even more so, having a good sense of humour of course.

– IS BOB REALLY YOUR UNCLE?