UKIP "NASTY AND UNPLEASANT" SAYS BLAIR.

Now Tony Blair has decided to enter the fray, denigrating UKIP in various ways.

Blair, a man who espouses socialist views while having enjoyed a private education and amassed a vast fortune at the expense of taxpayers, must have the hide of a rhinoceros. Having presided over 11 years of Labour government which culminated in the catastrophic financial meltdown of 2008 and gave our country an immigration crisis, he now claims that UKIP has "no solutions to the problems of the 21st century"; such nebulous and grandiose sounding phrases are meat  and drink to Blair and his ilk, while purposely being utterly meaningless.

He also said, when questioned, that Labour must "confront and expose" parties like UKIP and ended with a portentous "You look underneath that UKIP façade and you see something pretty nasty and unpleasant".

None of this rhetoric means much, if anything, but it all sounds very 'statesmanlike', which is what Blair wants. It makes him sound like an older and much wiser figure, sharing his great intellect with the world. In truth, it's just more political double speak. If I look under Labour's façade, I can find criminality, corruption and deceit; likewise with both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Is this any more nasty and unpleasant than what Blair claims is hidden beneath the façade of UKIP ? Indeed, his comment about UKIP is no more than a 'nudge, nudge, wink, wink' to voters, suggesting that UKIP is little more than the BNP in disguise, without actually saying it. As such, he can later claim that the remark meant anything that he then wants it to and can deny any interpretation that doesn't then hold water.

What is interesting is that Blair has suddenly emerged from the shadows to denounce UKIP and provide advice to the Labour party's leadership, as well as to the leaders of the EU. One wonders what is in it for him, for it is fairly certain that he hasn't come forward just for the fun of it.