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Originally Posted by C_steam
Well done John West! Clearly the party has done some 'dirty tricks' over which a lesser man would have quit the party in disgust. Not so JW. He wants any matters dealt with properly and remains committed to his duties as a UKIP activist and local leader.
Seems reasonable behaviour to me. On the other hand, if the party has issues with anything he has done, then he should be put through the party disciplinary process as soon as possible.
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I'm sorry but what evidence is there that the "party" has done some dirty tricks as opposed to an individual. It appears that the individual in question has left the party.
And, as I've already mentioned, if he wanted the matter dealt with "properly" there were simpler ways to go about it than airing all that dirty laundry on this forum. If you are wondering why the party leadership appear to dragging their feet at issuing an apology maybe stop to consider how this matter could have been solved. Egos and reputations are now involved they are clouding everyones' judgement in this matter.
Rather than publicizing this matter on the forum, ensuring that it became known to a much wider audience, John West could have quietly contacted the party leadership and let them know about the offending video. If no action was forthcoming he could then have warned them that he would be seeking legal advice unless the person responsible was disciplined and an apology was forthcoming. But no, he insisted on putting the video on this forum and whining about how dastardly it was for it to have been published.
The fact is, John West and his ally in this, Greg Lance Watkins have done far more to disseminate this video to a wider audience than anyone else. He has handled the matter in precisely such as manner as to generally inflame everyone's passions rather than cool them.
I cannot see how any action against the party under the DPA will succeed. Surely John West's legal advisors know this, so why all the bluster about it.
This is an incredibly stupid matter that could have been dealt with easily and quickly. Unfortunately it has been blown up into an existential crisis (at least in the minds of most it seems most of the moderators on this forum) due many factors, not least of all John West's own behaviour.