I am still fretting about the subject I took up yesterday. It might not seem very relevant here, but if something with the philosophies of the tea party movement gets established here, as Farage seems to intend, then I think it cause for great concern. As I noted yesterday, I think the party itself is composed mainly of moderate but disenfranchised people, but is being hijacked by those on the far right. Indeed, yesterday I came across footage of Christopher Monkton, still calling himself Lord Monkton although he lost his hereditary peerage in 99, railing against global warming. He was trying to use the movement to spread his own ultra-conservative agenda. He was also singing the praises of Fox News. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t worry what such a lunatic spouts, but Monkton is also UKIPs second in command.

How is it that such insane people are gaining power on both sides of the Atlantic? If he has views in line with fox, presumably he would do away with the BBC and the NHS, two of the things which define Britain as Britain. In other words, there is nothing British about values such as his, so why are people like him gaining sway. This is important, because if they are, it threatens my way of life, as presumably like the republicans he would have people like me dependent on charity rather than the state. In short, I would be a beggar. I find his views repugnant, and the fact that people actually listen to the crap he spouts baffling. He is not even a climatologist, and clearly does not have a clue what he’s talking about. I think that such people really should be made to shut up before they do real damage. The first thing to do, apart from demonstrating global warming is real once and for all, is to expose such people for the foolish bigots they are and to outline the dangers in heeding them. That’s what I attempted to do today.