As far as I can see the UKIP is currently the most popular party in the UK right now,
Nigel Farage's party is on 29%, ahead of Labour on 26%, the Conservatives on 23% and the Liberal Democrats on 10%.
Obviously these numbers are only from one source as far as I can tell, so they shouldn't be taken as 100% truth.
I don't think UKIP are that bad, they're incredibly stygmatised heavily by the press and others.
Whilst it may seem coincidental, the view that Farage is expressing about some members of his party;
Farage accepted there were "some idiots" in the party as he condemned Perry's comments as "entirely inconsistent" with remaining in Ukip.
About this,
Harry Perry posted comments on Twitter describing the prime minister, David Cameron, as a "gay-loving nutcase", Muslims as "devil's kids" and homosexuality as "an abomination before God".
In comparison to the other party leaders, quite frankly Farage is far more intelligent, as well as a much better public speaker (and debater).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkhtn_NtDZM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd9rsmD4HiM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd9rsmD4HiM)
Did some research on the "UKIP are Racist" [As in the whole party, not specific members.] Found this, is interesting as there were no truly valid replies to it.
As i'm sure you're aware, a couple had their ethnic foster children taken from them recently purely because their membership of UKIP was branded 'racist' by the morons in the social services. So that led me to ask the question: Why do people think UKIP are racist?
I have yet to hear or see any evidence whatsoever to suggest that they are a racist party. Lot's of people keep saying/posting comments along the lines of 'UKIP are just like the BNP but they wear suits". As far as i am aware UKIP is the only party that bans BNP members from joining it. They also have many candidates standing for them from ethnic backgrounds. I also believe that leader Nigel Farage's wife is german.
Nothing in their manifesto can even be misconstrued as racist let alone be a suitable reason to remove someones children.
A common complaint is that UKIP 'oppose multiculturalism' but this has blatantly been taken out of context from the UKIP manifesto:
"UKIP believes in civic nationalism, which is open and inclusive to anyone who wishes to identify with Britain, regardless of ethnic or re- ligious background. We reject the “blood and soil” ethnic nationalism of extremist parties. UKIP opposes multiculturalism and political correctness, and promotes uniculturalism - aiming to create a single British culture embracing all races and religions"
This seems far more inclusive of different races and religions than any other mainstream political party. Which panders so far to the politically correct nonsense, that it is actively discriminating against british people.
On the topic of Immigration, UKIP have repeatedly said that they think immigration on the whole has been a positive thing, it just needs to be controlled as mass open-door immigration is irresponsible. What's racist about that? They're not saying that everyone should be sent home like the BNP.
So I ask again: Why is UKIP considered racist?
Spoiler for a few of the decent replies
Because UKIP supporters aren't afraid of speaking out on issues such as the EU and multiculturalism, this can be misconstrued as racism but they're not a racist party. At worst, they're xenophobic towards Europe, but really not even that. Fundamentally they stand for leaving the EU.
It's a shame that they're often compared with the BNP because they have completely different politics: UKIP being economically right with a strong libertarian faction, and the BNP being really leftist and authoritarian (and racist).
It's weird, I don't know why anyone thinks they are.
Sure, some of the supporters might be, but that should not be a reflection of the party. The BNP ARE racist for sure, but not UKIP, and I don't actually like their views.
Because they swallow the pap put out by the BBC and the Labour Party. They are far to lazy to find out for themselves by visiting the UKIP site, reading their policies and finding out the truth.
This latest example shows that it is not only the Tories that are scared of UKIP. With a By Election due in Rotherham, it seems that the Labour Party in the constituency are scared as well. Pity the Free Press found out about this shameful episode, otherwise the Rotherham labour Party would have got away with this slander.
Watch out, next it will be taking children away from Tories, then non-Union members then who next?
Whilst these may be biased answers, I don't know, there wasn't a single answer really giving solid evidence.
For the last few months, support for the other 'main' parties has gradually been slipping and going into UKIP, don't be surprised if they end up winning any elections in the near future.
And myself, personally I don't care too much about whether we stay or leave the EU. :L