# UKIP Councillor blames floods on gays **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 18, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154 "2014-01-18T18:30:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154/21 "2014-01-20T15:26:06Z")
> [@B.Serum](#): > > I had to Google what the UKIP was. The search results text for their website was > > Which strikes me as the website version of “Hey, I’m not racist, but…” I think they’re trying to distance themselves from the British National Party, which does seem to have xenophobia and racism as a couple of major planks in their platform (as seen from across the Atlantic, anyway). ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154/22 "2014-01-20T15:32:56Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > The joy of UKIP is that they drag the knuckle dragging rightwing voters away from the Tories, which, if the Lord will have mercy on us, will make ‘Call Me Dave’s’ re-election far from a foregone conclusion. True that, but they also drag the Tories (and Labour!) to the right as well. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154/23 "2014-01-20T15:58:05Z")
> [@Stanislaus](#): > > True that, but they also drag the Tories (and Labour!) to the right as well. And in general contribute to the normalisation of that hideous xenophobic/nationalist/europhobic discourse, together with the Daily Fail and such. It’s becoming depressingly and scarily normalised, the slightly watered down version of what UKIP or the BNP proclaim. It’s never about the extremists, it’s about normalising just a small part of what they say. Just enough so people will look the other when they deport the Jews right under their noses, or whatever nasty thing it is they want. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154/24 "2014-01-20T16:37:41Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > The joy of UKIP is that they drag the knuckle dragging rightwing voters away from the Tories, which, if the Lord will have mercy on us, will make ‘Call Me Dave’s’ re-election far from a foregone conclusion. I want to start a conspiracy theory that the BNP and UKIP are both secret Tory products, to make their own policies seem more friendly and less radical by contrast. You know, like the Tea Party is a secret GOP project to allow themselves to move to the right but still appear more liberal than those idiots. I worry, however, that someone will take this seriously and I’ll end up getting a call from the Daily Fail. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154/25 "2014-01-20T18:01:56Z")
So where does the Eurosceptic British voter who’s not crazy go? ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154/26 "2014-01-20T19:12:47Z")
[UKIP shipping forecast](https://soundcloud.com/nicholas-pegg/ukip-shipping-forecast) People aren’t half fast with the parodies nowadays… ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154/27 "2014-01-20T20:27:06Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > So where does the Eurosceptic British voter who’s not crazy go? _Any_ party but LibDems. Literally. Any party. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154/28 "2014-01-20T20:30:07Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > So where does the Eurosceptic British voter who’s not crazy go? Bongo-bongo Land. No, wait, turns out that’s [not a real place](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23597233). ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154/29 "2014-01-20T20:38:03Z")
> [@susan](#): > > They’ve suspended him now for refusing to shut up. [UKIP suspends councillor who blamed flooding on gay marriage - BBC News](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25802437) > > > [@](#): > > > > UKIP leader Nigel Farage said he was entitled to his “strong Baptist view of the world”, but had defied a request not to do further media interviews. > > > > Mr Farage said: “So we suspended him, quite rightly.” You’d think that someone with “strong Baptist views” would be in favor of a little flooding. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154/30 "2014-01-20T23:29:36Z")
It just occurred to me: Dan Savage lives in Seattle. And what’s the weather like in Seattle? It all makes sense now! ---
**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154/31 "2014-01-21T00:02:19Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > [UKIP shipping forecast](https://soundcloud.com/nicholas-pegg/ukip-shipping-forecast) > > People aren’t half fast with the parodies nowadays… There’s also [@UkipWeather](https://twitter.com/UkipWeather) on Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154/32 "2014-01-21T00:45:39Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > [UKIP shipping forecast](https://soundcloud.com/nicholas-pegg/ukip-shipping-forecast) > > People aren’t half fast with the parodies nowadays… That is so well done. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Charley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Charley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charley)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154/33 "2014-01-21T10:21:43Z")
Like a lot of the comments seem to say - it’s the Archers intro at the end which tops it off beautifully for me. Kinda homesick now. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154/34 "2014-01-21T10:38:57Z")
> [@Charley](#): > > Like a lot of the comments seem to say - it’s the Archers intro at the end which tops it off beautifully for me. > > Kinda homesick now. The Archers is available via podcast, you know. Individual eps and the omnibus, plus a separate “Ambridge Extra” one for some grittier background storylines. Not sure what you can do about the Shipping Forecast, although you can always just listen to “Sailing By” a few times. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154/35 "2014-01-21T14:57:47Z")
I’d just like to say… THIS is how we shall establish our homo-colonial empire!! We shall marry, and it shall BRINGETH THE FLOODES! MWAHAHAHAHAHA! (Seriously, all of the fringe benefits you get just for liking the cock while also having the cock! First an empire, and now super-villain powers!) ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154/36 "2014-01-21T15:02:24Z")
Think of all the benefits to this: [Married gays to tour drought-hit countries.](http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/married-gays-to-tour-drought-hit-countries-2014012082721) ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154/37 "2014-01-25T03:06:11Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > No… not ‘shifty’, he is ‘swivel-eyed’. > Read the memo. > Sheeesh, young people these days… Ahem. I’m middle aged, thank you very much. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gays/679154.md?page=1)