'No Taxation Without Representation' A British Tea Party?

Recently, the tea party movement has been quite successful in the United States. For those of you who don't know a the inaugural tea party was an Independence movement born out of protest by colonists who objected to a British tax on tea in 1773 and demonstrated by dumping British tea taken from docked ships into the harbor. However, today one could argue it is the right wing of the American Republican Party and the right wing of the Conservative Party. A big hero of mine Nigel Farage who was recently re-elected to the post of UKIP Leader claims that the UK Independence Party is a 'British Tea Party'.

Personally, I do support many of the Tea Parties ideals. TEA even stands for Taxed Enough Already and I favour a minimal state, low taxation and share the feeling off been overtaxed, over governed and not been listened to. I believe like Mr Farage that the European Union undermines the ideal of having a small state with power been centralised in Brussels. When the Conservatives talk about decentralization and rolling back the frontiers off the state do they not realise that European Union which is so centralised undermines there politics of having a small state?

The problem with the Tea Party Movement in the United States and also the UK Independence Party in this country is the image associated with it. David Cameron describing UKIP as been a party of 'closet racists' an image that has not helped that party. In every political party there will always be members who hold unsavoury views but I think it is a mistake to brand UKIP a party of closet racists when they hold some very legitimate political views. There is a real argument that I believe should be discussed further and a referendum held on are continued membership of the European Union. UKIPS reason for are withdrawal is not racist it is a common sense argument open border immigration is unsustainable.

Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan has even set up a British Tea Party with limited success where UKIP will succeed in the coming years is in holding an arm to Conservatives on the right of the party disenchanted with coalition government and who knows it could recruit a few Tories to its cause. With more Conservative MPs rebelling against the coalition than Liberal Democrats. If it is successful it could bring about debate in the Conservative Party as it has been argued that UKIP cost the Conservatives its majority. A point i would dispute is a move to the right to satisfy the core vote could of left the centre ground free for Labour and for all we know that could of led to Labour winning a fourth election victory.

I have included a video of UKIP Leader Nigel Farage debating the proposed European flat tax to be levied by the European Institutions on the peoples of Europe. Arguably the European Commission who have proposed this policy haven't been elected by the people of Europe so therefore are not representatives of the people of Europe so I think I will be chanting that famous tea party slogan: 'NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!'