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GENERAL ELECTION: Constituents quiz Oxford East candidates

6:14pm Tuesday 20th April 2010


CANDIDATES for Oxford East locked horns in the latest round of election hustings today.

The candidates – apart from incumbent MP Andrew Smith, who was with Prime Minister Gordon Brown on a visit to Cowley’s BMW plant – were quizzed by voters at a packed St Michael At The North Gate in Cornmarket Street. The Very Rev Bob Wilkes is pictured introducing the candidates.

Earlier this week, controversy flared at a hustings at Cowley Road’s First Floor restaurant, which was organised by Oxford’s Anglo-Asian Association.

Oxford East UKIP candidate Julia Gasper, angered she was not invited, turned up – only to be asked to sit in the audience.

She said: “I feel it’s an opportunity lost.”

Anglo-Asian Association co-chairman Martin Conway said a decision to invite only four candidates, Liberal Democrat, Labour, Green and Conservative, had been made in advance due to time constraints on the session.

Comments (4)

6:35pm Tue 20 Apr 10

Tom Daily says...

UKIP is simply an of shoot of the BNP, a rascist organistaion with zero ideas.
Better left to one side.
Now give the other 4 hell !!!!

P.s shame Andrew could'nt strong arm his Leader Gordon to come along and take an absolute grilling from the packed audience.
UKIP is simply an of shoot of the BNP, a rascist organistaion with zero ideas. Better left to one side. Now give the other 4 hell !!!! P.s shame Andrew could'nt strong arm his Leader Gordon to come along and take an absolute grilling from the packed audience. Tom Daily

7:43pm Tue 20 Apr 10

Peter macvey says...

Tom Daily wrote:
UKIP is simply an of shoot of the BNP, a rascist organistaion with zero ideas. Better left to one side. Now give the other 4 hell !!!! P.s shame Andrew could'nt strong arm his Leader Gordon to come along and take an absolute grilling from the packed audience.
If you think that UKIP is an of (I think you meant off) shoot of the BNP then you are seriously wide of the mark. That is a bit like saying that militant is an offshoot of the Tory party.
[quote][p][bold]Tom Daily[/bold] wrote: UKIP is simply an of shoot of the BNP, a rascist organistaion with zero ideas. Better left to one side. Now give the other 4 hell !!!! P.s shame Andrew could'nt strong arm his Leader Gordon to come along and take an absolute grilling from the packed audience.[/p][/quote]If you think that UKIP is an of (I think you meant off) shoot of the BNP then you are seriously wide of the mark. That is a bit like saying that militant is an offshoot of the Tory party. Peter macvey

8:01am Wed 21 Apr 10

LadyPenelope says...

Tom Daily wrote:
UKIP is simply an of shoot of the BNP, a rascist organistaion with zero ideas. Better left to one side. Now give the other 4 hell !!!! P.s shame Andrew could'nt strong arm his Leader Gordon to come along and take an absolute grilling from the packed audience.
UKIP are nothing like BNP! I know quite a few UKIP supporters who want rid of uncontrolled immigration, as they don't think the Tory plans go far enough, and Labour think there's nothing wrong with our current situation.
[quote][p][bold]Tom Daily[/bold] wrote: UKIP is simply an of shoot of the BNP, a rascist organistaion with zero ideas. Better left to one side. Now give the other 4 hell !!!! P.s shame Andrew could'nt strong arm his Leader Gordon to come along and take an absolute grilling from the packed audience.[/p][/quote]UKIP are nothing like BNP! I know quite a few UKIP supporters who want rid of uncontrolled immigration, as they don't think the Tory plans go far enough, and Labour think there's nothing wrong with our current situation. LadyPenelope

1:15pm Wed 21 Apr 10

Scaramuccia says...

OK lets do some education here - UKIP is the racist middle class party and BNP is the racist working class party - they are not the same they so have some overlap in policy on some social issues - e.g. immigration but because of their respective membership economically BNP is to the left of centre whereas . UKIP is very clearly to the right of centre - got it now?
OK lets do some education here - UKIP is the racist middle class party and BNP is the racist working class party - they are not the same they so have some overlap in policy on some social issues - e.g. immigration but because of their respective membership economically BNP is to the left of centre whereas . UKIP is very clearly to the right of centre - got it now? Scaramuccia

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