Adolf Hitler: his part in my downfall
Left to right: Dick, Hitler, Dick, Dick
It's no secret that I'm currently standing as a Ukip candidate for the forthcoming council elections. What was a secret until now is my Nazi past. As the photo above proves beyond doubt, I was present at one of Hitler's rallies. I was also clearly part of an early cloning experient. And in case you hadn't yet worked it out, this is all utter nonsense. But it has been seized upon by my Tory opponent in Thursday's local election.
Moments after tweeting the above image with the words "I'd better get rid of this old Facebook photo before the Tories get hold of it" I received a phone call from a local hack. It went something like this:
Hack: "Simon [my Tory opponent, and incumbent councillor] is afraid that you're a Nazi."
Me: "But it's a parody of Conservative Central Office trawling through Ukip candidates' Facebook pages. Why do you suppose they're doing that?"
Hack: "To dig up dirt."
Me: "So Simon's just doing what he's been told by head office."
Hack: "No, he seems genuinely upset. You see, he doesn't do Twitter, so he might not understand. I think he really believes the photo."
Me: "But I wasn't even around in 1940! And… there are three of me."
Me: "But it's a parody of Conservative Central Office trawling through Ukip candidates' Facebook pages. Why do you suppose they're doing that?"
Hack: "To dig up dirt."
Me: "So Simon's just doing what he's been told by head office."
Hack: "No, he seems genuinely upset. You see, he doesn't do Twitter, so he might not understand. I think he really believes the photo."
Me: "But I wasn't even around in 1940! And… there are three of me."
So in a bit of a sweat I hastily deleted the tweet. Then thought about all the other pictures I have on Facebook. Were there any of me with guns or knives?
Being a historical re-enactor, I found it difficult to find any images of mewithout a gun or a large sword. There are many hundreds of re-enactment pictures, many of them on other people's pages. Utterly unmanageable.
When the first "Ukip is a hotbed of closet Nazis" thing started to happen – i.e. the major parties ordered all hands to the pumps to neutralise the Ukip threat – it was suggested that candidates purge their social media of anything that might prove embarrassing. Being a Delingpole I did the opposite. I am adamant that I have nothing to hide or be ashamed of, nothing that I wouldn't happily share with the world. I decided that eradicating some of my more amusing moments from Facebook so that I could become a little bit more like a politician was the thin end of a wedge that would lead to me becoming everything I hate about most politicians. Sanitised, humourless and robotic.
So there's now a journalist with what he feels is political dynamite and me in trouble with Ukip (sorry, guys… I know you could do without this!) Clearly they see it as far from ideal situation. I can see tomorrow's headline: "Is this the sort of person you want as a county councillor?" Well, that will hopefully be left to the voters, but this could well be the end of my short and inglorious career in politics. I hope not – I've enjoyed the canvassing and even the leafletting, meeting people who were sick to death of politicians of all denominations. I've run a campaign that never once stoops to pointing out any shortcoming in my opponents. Perhaps my mistake is in thinking they wouldn't do the same to me.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/dickdelingpole/100214730/adolf-hitler-his-part-in-my-downfall/
TAP - I presume this is a Delingpole spoof designed to capitalise on the ludicrous anti-UKIP smear campaign launched by cameron at the weekend. It gets a laugh. (or does James really have a brother called Dick standing for UKIP?) Here's a follow-on -
Ukip candidate's shameful past: photographic evidence
Ukip council candidate Dick Delingpole, brother of James, was once photographed with Adolf Hitler, it emerged today. (The shocking evidence is here.) And now another deeply compromising photo falls into my hands. The guy in the red shirt is James. The one in the red sweater is Dick. And the slightly chubby chap in the middle? He looks as if he's enjoying himself, but not enough to ask either brother to join his policy unit 25 years later.
(Old Etonians at it as usual. How come they all end up running the country? Boris Johnson next in line presumably.)
The Daily Mirror strikes back
(Old Etonians at it as usual. How come they all end up running the country? Boris Johnson next in line presumably.)
The Daily Mirror strikes back
Oh the irony of war criminal Cameron trying to undermine anyone...
ReplyDeleteDoes it matter?, the people get the government chosen for them by the bankers. Politics is an illusionary sham, sprinkled with bits of Nazism to get the punters believing its real.
ReplyDeleteWhen this year's Bilderberg attendee list appears, we might know who the next prime minister is. How many prime ministers/presidents have previously attended Bilderberg a year or two earlier... a lot. If Red Ed Miliband turns up then it must be a cert.
ReplyDeleteThen that thing called 'elections', which the populace are fooled into thinking is democracy, will then just be a matter of formality for the globalists/bankers.
Isn't it about time you covered the atacama humanoid? it's even in the mass media - nbc, huff post.
ReplyDeleteyour blog is becoming a backwater. you must at least have some opinion on this.
surely if you don't believe it you are worried it is some kind of psy-op.
why the media blackout from the tap?
Why not the starchild from Lloyd Pye. Alien life is not news. Read Sitchin if you want a far more interesting perspective on alien life and how it created us.
ReplyDeleteNothing stopping you sending in the story. If I like it, I'll give it a post.
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