Monckton Gets Political

Swivel-eyed lunatic and AGW denier Viscount Monckton of Brenchley has been appointed joint deputy leader of UKIP (UK Independence Party). His immediate goals:

My first task will be to build on the Initiative Referendum Bill already tabled in the House of Lords by Lord Pearson and Lord Willoughby de Broke by drafting new, radically democratic constitutions for Britain and for Europe. After 1000 years of inexorable progress towards democracy, in the last 30 years pernicious peculation by Parliament’s political pygmies has thrown Britain’s democracy away.
From its wiki entry, UKIP sounds like a Conservative splinter party. Although their main goal is a U.K. withdrawal from European Union, they have a handful of seats in the Euro-Parliament, as well as two in the House of Lords. Note: Monckton will not add to their ranks in the latter chamber, despite the fact he datelines his writings "House of Lords". UKIP describes itself as "non-racist", but the 2010 election smoked out a few loons.

Monckton himself is deeply, deeply crazy. Having once argued that AIDs victims should be segregated from the general population, he now claims to be working on a cure for the disease. And in February he suggested that NASA blew up one of its satellites so it wouldn't provide the hard data needed to disprove the great global warming hoax.

Good luck Mr. Monckton! Good luck UKIP!