Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Is Kilroy the new Hitler?

Anyone with digital satelite TV in the UK will doubtless have seen many documentaries - or at least the titles of them on the EPG - about Nazis. They're the most popular subject for documentaries for some reason. When there's nothing on we sometimes get stuck watching one whilst channel hopping, and occasionally they're quite interesting.

One the other day followed Hitler from soldier in World War One through to being the Fuhrer. What I didn't know was that Hitler was sent into the German Workers Party to infiltrate them by the Bavarian Reichswehr in 1919. He wanted to set up his own political party, but his superiors made him join the existing nationalist party. Hitler took control and changed its name to the National Socialist German Workers Party, better known as the Nazis, in 1920; his quick rise to power undoubtedly down to his reported charisma.

Last week, right-wing xenophobe Robert Kilroy-Silk (MEP) publicly stated that he should be the leader of the UK Independence Party. Like Hitler, he's only been a member of his party for a short period, and like Hitler he's reportedly charismatic. (I've always found him an arrogant cock, myself.) Is he trying to emulate Hitler? I'll let you make up your own minds. Here's some bullet points, and I apologise in advance for putting Hitler in the present tense...

  • Both blame outside/foreign forces for the state of the country in which they live.
  • Both are hypocrites. Hitler wasn't particularly Aryan, was he? And Kilroy hates the European Union so much that having to draw that huge MEP wage and guaranteed pension must be incredibly traumatic.
  • Both have dodgy hair.
  • Both like the sound of their own voices.
  • Both have ideas above their station.

    • Links

    Kilroy attacks 'back-door' Ukip leader poll (The Guardian)
    Wikipedia entry on Hitler
    Wikipedia entry on Kilroy-Silk - worth noting is that he's father to a convicted fraudster and an adulterer with a bastard son =)
    UK Independence.org Unofficial Kilroy-baiting website =)

    posted by Stevatron DX 1ooo @ 1:05 PM   2 comments  

    2 Comments:

    At 1:26 PM, Super King Gazmatron interjected with...

    Kilroy-Silk clearly *is* Hitler (reincarnated I suspect). But then, so is George W. Bush. Both Hitler, both cocks
    What is it with British/American politics at the moment? Both countries are being subjected to the opinions and/or rulings of arrogant, stupid, fuckwit politicians.

    It's ridiculous and terrifying.

     
    At 2:18 PM, Dave G interjected with...

    Nah your both missing the plot. Bush is not intelligent enough to be Hitler therefore he must be moseley, kilroy is prob hitler. I quite like killroy silk on the basis of the duke of edinburgh, would screw up and say silly things and I found it entertaining that kilroy was the same. I await to see how Kilroy handles the Townie problem, and starts drafting policies on eradicating and drafting them to do work... I mean he can only turn the country round and unite us british folk *Heil Kilroy* looses the ring to it though!

     

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