The Ukip spring conference was somewhat overshadowed by a publicity stunt from a local theatre group in Margate, which saw dancers dressed as Nazis high-kick their way through Springtime for Hitler to publicise their production of The Producers.
Unsurprisingly, Nigel Farage’s party were none too thrilled by the manoeuvre given the racism allegations that continue to haunt the party. Roger Helmer, the Ukip MEP, has tried to come to his party’s aid in a blog post on his personal website.
‘UKIP’s Party Conference in Margate on February 28th was gate-crashed by a group of dancers wearing Nazi Swastikas, and accompanied by a tank. They came from Mel Brooks’ Musical Show “The Producers”. The organisers had spotted an opportunity to generate some publicity while taking a pot-shot at UKIP.’
Alas, the MEP appears to have just made matters worse. In his efforts to defend Ukip from the ‘pot-shot,’ his choice of wording has upset some.
What’s your favourite line from @RogerHelmerMEP‘s latest blog post? This is mine: pic.twitter.com/2sCvA8LRrH
— hrtbps (@hrtbps) March 2, 2015
While Mr S is assured by the Ukip press office that Helmer was simply making the point that ‘lies repeated often enough stick’ rather than suggesting that virtue can occasionally be found in Goebbels’s views, not everyone is willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
@hardt0fin You’re right. Nothing like ‘context’ to find a positive in Goebbels. @hrtbps
— Hari (@__Hari__) March 2, 2015
Still, Mr S would advise Helmer to stay on the safe side and refrain from quoting any more Nazis until after the election.
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