[USMA:30094] Re: UKIP

[Stephen Davis]

The UKIP are picking up a large number of votes in the European elections as a protest, in my opinion, against Tony Blair's stance on the Gulf war.    Minority parties always tend to pick up more votes in the European elections.   In the local elections, though, which are going on at the same time as the European elections,  I reckon they are largely perceived as a fringe party; a bunch of extremists that are unlikely to be taken seriously.   Realistically, they have as much chance of reversing metrication in Britain than the Pope agreeing to contraception......in other words, extremely unlikely!!   There's nothing to worry about on that score, MightyChimp!  ----- Original Message ----- From: MightyChimp To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 4:04 AM Subject: [USMA:30089] UKIP Some members of the BWMA are expressing elation over the parliamentary elections on 2004-06-10 in the UK.  The UKIP if they were to win would no doubt undo all of the metrication progress in the UK.  Even though members of the BWMA hope the UKIP will win significantly and be a force to undo metrication, I am wondering how easy or difficult such a task will or can be.   Can someone from the UK give us a personal opinion on how much a threat the UKIP is to metrication?  I've been to their website, but I'm sure it is all propaganda in their favour.    http://www.ukip.org/   Euric