Mark Croucher: Exactly what the precise role of the NEC happens to be, does not seem to be uniformly agreed. Some argue, including those who have served on that committee, believe that it is the supreme governing body; other say their function is administrative. You opine that their role is more nebulous, being only to oversee the party; no micro management for them! Would you not suggest, that the cost of elections, should dictate that micro-management material/information should be produced for the NEC should it be requested? What is your objection?
The party pays many thousands of pounds annually, for example, for the printing of UKIP's Independence (official newsletter) We know the group to which that printer belongs, but is it not reasonable that the normal practice of seeking three separate quotes should not be observed? You ask rather emphatically, 'And why ON earth would the NEC have anything to do with the printers quotes? I reply because ,'ON earth' is where we happen to be, and our reactions and practices must reflect that reality. If not the NEC, to whom would you grant powers to award printing contracts, of every sort size and description, involving many thousands of pounds? I fear that your protestations
are wholly disproportionate, to my innocuous inquiry.
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