UKIP triumph as Labour lose control of Thurrock Council

well done JDP LOSER

Well, well, well, at long last we have finally got rid of one of the worst Belhus councillors that we have ever had to endure.

Well done to UKIP and thank you for knocking the council out of Labours hands.

Hopefully a Tory/UKIP/Independent pact will be made next month to run the council.

I agree with every word Bernard 87. But no doubt Kent will be hanging in there by his finger nails.

I agree with Bernard87. The sooner the better. It would be a travesty if the socialists were offered the status quo. Although we must thank them as well. If it wasn’t for their policies on mass immigration and Europe, this wouldn’t have happened. I’m surprised to see a number of Labour and and Conservative councillors hanging on by the skin of their teeth against UKIP as well.

UKIP are obviously going to do very well in the European elections in Essex as well.

I’m glad Labour MP’s are still in denial on the TV. Long may that continue.

Well done UKIP Jackie Doyle Price next target.

Congratulations to Barbara Rice for retaining her seat, but a shame that we have lost Lynn Carr, another very good councillor.
Funny about Phil Anderson, no surprises at Chafford Hundred.

Don’t lets over egg the pudding, 6 seats is a step forward for UKip but far from a triumph. We have seen this before in Thurrock, with rightwing minor parties doing comparatively well midterm (BNP).

UKip have had a free ride until now as both the mainstream media and politicians have concentrated on Farage, the EU and immigrants/racism. Which must have been music to his ears.

When they should have exposed the party’s reactionary policies and demanded to know if they will enter a coalition with Tories, whether at local or national level.

You cannot get a cigarette paper between UKip’s policies and those of right wing Tories. Cameron knows full well he cannot win outright in 2015, and with the Lib Dems in freefall he’s looking for a new coalition partner, hence the massive coverage Farage has received.

However UKip have a dilemma, if they enter a coalition with the Tories, they’re be tarred with Cameron’s reactionary brush, but if they do not, as a minority party what purpose do they serve?

Also if they enter a coalition with the Tories, the Tory voters who supported UKip yesterday will return to the fold, and former Labour voters will look back at voting for UK is an embarrassment they prefer to forget, and hopefully UKip will disappear into the Thames mist.

Still I suppose we should be thankful for small mercies, at least UKip only wants to take the country back to the 1950s, Cameron and Osborne seems to have set their minds on the 19th Century minus the industrial core

What a nation we have become, low wages, zero hours contracts, poor working conditions and come election day, scared bunny rabbits who vote for a man with a rictus grin.

We’re governed by political bullies who believe it is courageous to slander and impoverish marginalised people. A nation which boasts about having 104 billionaires whilst a million of our citizens are forced to visit foodbanks and the great white hope is a man called Nigel.

You could not make it up!

The fact of the matter is UKIP won 42% of the vote last night. That’s enough to win Thurrock as a parliamentary seat. That’s never been done by a minor party.

The mainstream media and all 3 main parties ganged up on UKIP with a joint strategy of ridiculing them, calling them racists, insulting people that would vote UKIP and it didn’t work. It backfired. Yes we are governed by political bullies that slander and impoverish marginalised people. The trouble is people last night believed that was them.

The Labour party have spent 10 years insulting people that didn’t agree with their mass immigration policy. The Tories now tell us there’s nothing they can do to stop it. Let’s not beat about the bush. The vote was about immigration and all 3 main parties stance on doing nothing about the EU.

None of the main parties can be sure now of winning Thurrock in next year’s general election. If the 3 main parties continue to govern for the European Union and the rights of migrants to come and live here and have all the same privileges, or more, as a British person, they can expect to lose even more votes in the future. British people, in the main, want a government to govern for them and their rights, not the rights of the rest of Europe and the world.

Who’s going to take over as leader of the Conservatives? And will they want a coalition with UKIP? If not, there’s no reason why Labour shouldn’t continue to run the Council even without an overall majority. They are still the biggest party in the Council chamber. It’s a problem for the Conservatives – I wouldn’t think their voters would want an alliance with UKIP.

I hope too the UKIP and Tories make a pact. So we can wipe them off the map.

Catching the Bus
6 minutes ago
I hope too the UKIP and Tories make a pact. So we can wipe them off the map.

Do you really think UKIP and the TORIES can make a deal you’re forgetting

cllr Tunde Ojetola I cannot see this gentleman getting into bed with the likes of ex-BNP member Rob Ray
, or to put it how Robert Ray would say cllr Tunde Ojetola is another one in the woodpile

at the end of the day people on the shop floor have just about had enough of seeing a country we loved being changed to a land full of people speaking in tongues that few understand its not about being anti european .Its about loving our country and not wanting to see it go to pot.Don,t they understand that our little island is sinking

gazzer56

So by that rationale it is alright for cllr Tunde Ojetola to give up he’s principles, for a far right racialist group such as UKIP,
I truly believe he has got more integrally than to do that

And UKIP would not entertain cllr Tunde Ojetola at any other time that’s a fact, do you honestly think if the boot was on the other foot they come to he’s aid

The Tories and UKIP combined received about 68% of the vote on Thursday. Enough to consign Labour to the dustbin of history in Thurrock. Wouldn’t that be a shame. Be careful what you wish for.

Well I hope that the stupid people who voted for that racist scum now get what they deserve… No representation for people with problems in wards with ukip councillors! If they were to go into coalition with the tories say goodbye to weekly bin collections and street lighting at night.
Labour must bounce back from this for the good of Thurrock.

The old racist scum card again, and again!

I have to say it’s refreshing to see the open minded, fair and balanced side of the left. Always open for debate. A broad church based on tolerance and understanding. One nation Labour. Thank god there are no bigots in the Labour party. If there was, imagine the abuse and vitriol people would receive just because they didn’t vote for them.

Jmw… they are racist scum generally! They use intimidation to win votes. Their councillor Robert Ray used to be an Organiser for the National Front, not just a member! He was basically part of the leadership of a very racist party. My only hope for Thurrock is that its people will realise they have made a huge mistake in electing these people to their council

Oh what a terrible shame the people of Ockendon have lost such a honest, hardworking Councillor as Lynn Carr. When she took office 4 years ago she made a promise to the people of Ockendon to be their voice, their strength and their guidance and WOW did she keep that promise. I have never known a councillor that was so dedicated and put her heart and soul into helping the people of Ockendon and beyond. Please don’t take my word on Lynns’ incredible determination and work done, look on her facebook page or just simply talk to residents she has helped. She asked the people what they wanted to see In a LOCAL councillor and gave them exactly that. Someone that would fight their corner and solve their problems at a local level, as that is all you can do a local councillor, central government issues are beyond your control at this level. I do hope the people of Ockendon realised this when they voted in UKIP on Thursday, I’m assuming they hoped that UKIP will work harder for local residents. For the sake of Ockendon residents I sincerely hope they do.

So certain solitary UKIP councillors can easily dip below the radar and if they keep their head down can lead a fairly quiet life.

A good example of this would be over in the Essex borough of Thurrock, where UKIP has a lone councillor, Robert Ray.

Ray was elected in 2012 to represent the Aveley and Uplands ward on the Essex council and has kept his head below water, that is until now.

The UKIP councillor’s face seemed familiar to us, as did the name and it didn’t take too long to discover why.

The far right National Front used to have an organiser in the London borough of Newham who was also called Robert Ray and on digging through our files we managed to find an election leaflet from the 70’s for the NF’s Robert Ray with a photograph that looks very similar to the UKIP councillor, albeit from several decades ago.

Could it be a massive coincidence? We didn’t think so and to avoid any confusion we rang Councillor Ray and had a little chat.

He confirmed that he was in the National Front and that he was the Newham organiser for the far right party. He also confirmed that he stood in elections on at least one occasion for the NF.

Ray, who joined UKIP in 2011 claimed he was an NF member for about two years, only leaving after becoming disillusioned with the NF leadership under John Tyndall.

We read him the contents of his election leaflet and he told us that he still stood by everything that was written, claiming that immigrants still established ghetto areas in this country.

When we asked him if he had declared his NF past to UKIP he claimed that he had but he wouldn’t expand any further than that.

Robert Ray told us his fellow Thurrock councillors didn’t know about his far right past and believed that they wouldn’t be interested in what was now history.

We aren’t so sure about that Robert.

Imagine all those wotten wascally wacists running amok in the civic offices. Before you know it there’ll be a Swastika flag flying from the flag pole. Wascally wotters. Better than a hammer and scythe? Who knows.

Typical Left Wing mentality, if you cant win an argument then scream racist……

UKIP are not a racist party, the press have tried that card and failed miserably, I would like to see the media pin the spotlight on all the parties candidates and I am pretty confident you will find that every party has their skeletons in the closet.

For all those labour supporters have a look at this site and tell me they are all angels:

http://www.labour25.com

lambo
This was unbelievably hard reading, but thanks for putting it on YT for all to read. Just goes to show what’s in the closet.

Should have said Horrendous reading.

UKIP now have an Asian Muslim MEP, an openly gay MEP and 7 women MEPs.

Not bad for a racist, sexist and homophobic party!

Snakebite, I agree it is horrific reading, but what is more horrific is the lack of media attention given to these stories, I would bet my last pound that the Tories also have several skeletons if you look hard enough but once again the media are more concerned about shining the spotlight on the new kids on the block (UKIP).

I think the phrase “never bite the hand that feeds you” could be leveled at the majority of the press with their complete bias towards UKIP

Lambo the coincidental report on how 30% of people now admit to beIng racist and the fact that it was in the Guardian and repeated all day long on Sky news and the Labour Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) news should tell you all you need to know about the media. Oh look 30% of people voted for UKIP and 30% of people admit to being racist. What a coincidence. Imagine the main parties good fortune stumbling across this report just after they got stuffed by UKIP. They just knew it in their bones they were right and now they have the proof. Amazingly coincidental.

Perhaps it’s also no surprise that the media coincidentally forgot to mention another statistic from the report. 72% of the people that didn’t consider themselves to be racist at all wanted to see immigration cut drastically. Must have slipped their minds.