Bill Etheridge

**William Milroy Etheridge,** (an haife shi a ranar 18 ga watan Maris shekara ta 1970). ɗan siyasa ne na kasar Ingila wanda a baya ya kasance memba a Majalisar Tarayyar Turai (MEP) na yankin West Midlands. An zabe shi a cikin shekarar,2014 a matsayin dan takarar jam'iyyar Independence Party (UKIP), amma ya bar jam'iyyar a watan Oktoba shekara ta 2018  kuma ya shiga Jam'iyyar Libertarian. Ya shiga Jam'iyyar Brexit a shekarar 2019  amma ya koma UKIP a watan Satumba shekara ta 2020.

## Kuruciya
Etheridge ya sami ilimi daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Parkfield, Wolverhampton Polytechnic (yanzu Jami'ar Wolverhampton) da Kwalejin Dudley.

Etheridge ya shiga Jam'iyyar Conservative a shekarar 2008. Shi da matarsa, Star, sun tsaya takarar kujerar majalisa a karkashin Conservative a zaɓen majalisar gundumar Dudley Metropolitan Borough a shekarar 2010, un basuyi nasara ba. A watan Maris din shekarar 2011, sun yi murabus daga jam’iyyar Conservative bayan da aka dakatar da zama mambobinsu sakamakon korafe-korafen da ‘yan jam’iyyar suka yi na cewa an dauki hotonsu suna daukar hoton golliwogs a shafukansu na Facebook a wani bangare na zanga-zangar adawa da siyasar siyasa . Sun shiga UK Independence Party  kuma ya tsaya, bai yi nasara ba, a matsayin dan takarar UKIP a zaben majalisar Dudley a shekarar 2011  da 2012. 

## Memba na UKIP: 2011-2018
Etheridge ya tsaya takarar UKIP a zaben kananan hukumomi a shekara ta 2011. A cikin shekara ta 2012, ya tsaya a zaben 'yan sanda da Kwamishinan Laifuka na West Midlands na UKIP; ya zo na hudu da kuri'u 17,563 (7.37%).

A shekara ta 2014, kuma an zabe shi a Majalisar Tarayyar Turai, an kuma zabe shi a matsayin kansila na gundumar Sedgley a Majalisar Karamar Hukumar Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. An kuma zabi matarsa, Star, a UKIP a gundumar Coseley East. Etheridge ya rasa kujerarsa a Dudley MBC a zaben kananan hukumomi na watan Mayu shekara ta 2018. 

A watan Agustan shekara ta 2014 ne, Etheridge ya nuna salon magana na Adolf Hitler a yayin wani taron karawa juna sani na jama'a da ya ba mambobin kungiyar matasa na UKIP, ciki har da hatsarori da ya gabatar. A cewar Etheridge, shi ne "mafi magana da magana da ƙarfi a cikin tarihi"  wanda "ya sami babban nasara" dangane da gamsar da mutane.  Wani mai magana da yawun UKIP ya ce: "Bill Etheridge ya ba da wani taron karawa juna sani kan magana da jama'a kuma ya bayyana manyan jawabai na baya, kamar Churchill, Blair, Martin Luther King da Hitler a matsayin mutanen da za a iya yin nazari kan salonsu, ba tare da abun ciki ba". Lokacin da aka tuntube ta *The Independent on Sunday*, Etheridge ya bayyana cewa "Hitler da Nazis dodanni ne" kuma ya ce "A wani lokaci ban amince da Hitler ko wani ba".

A zaben gama gari da aka yi a watan Mayu shekara ta 2015, Etheridge ya tsaya a matsayin dan takarar majalisar dokokin UKIP na Dudley North . Ya zo na uku da kuri’u 9,113, wanda ya ninka na kuri’un da aka kada a shekarar 2010. A kashi 24% na ƙuri'un da aka jefa, hakanan yana wakiltar ninki biyu na ƙasa don UKIP.

Etheridge, ya kasance kuma memba ne na Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), ya kasance mai aiki a cikin yakin UKIP na gaba; West Midlands Ajiye Gidan Wuta. Ya bukaci gwamnatin Conservative da ta kara karfin ikon kadarorin Al'umma, wanda aka kawo a matsayin wani bangare na Dokar Localism 2011 . Wannan zai baiwa al'ummomin yankin damar samun mashaya na gida. Wannan ya kai ga Etheridge yana ƙoƙarin ceton gidajen mashaya da yawa a cikin unguwarsa, ciki har da The Seven Stars. 

Etheridge ya rike matsayi a kwamitin raya yankin EU; imaninsa na cewa ya kamata a mayar da mulki ga al'ummomi ya sa ya fito a matsayin mai sukar hadakar hukumomi .

Etheridge abokin hulda a Majalisar Musanya Dokokin Amurka (ALEC). 

A watan Mayun shekara ta 2017 ne, Etheridge ya kaddamar da littafinsa; *Great Back In Britain*, tare da bayyanar baƙo daga Nigel Farage. A cikin littafin, Etheridge ya bayyana hangen nesansa na Burtaniya bayan Brexit.

Etherridge ya shahara sosai ɗan 'yancin Burtaniya kuma shine shugaban "The Indigo Group".  Ya kaddamar da tsarin manufofin 'yanci a cikin littafinsa na EFDD, *Prosperous, Happy and at Peace*, wanda aka rubuta tare da Paul Brothwood.

Etheridge ya ƙaddamar da wani littafi mai suna, *The EU's engagement with the politics of international recognition*, wanda ya wallafa tare da Paul Brothwood, a wani taron EU game da Somaliland a ranar 6 ga watan Disamba shekara ta 2018.

### UKIP jagoranci tayi
 A watan Yulin shekara ta 2016 ne, Etheridge ya kaddamar da yunkurinsa na zama shugaban UKIP bayan murabus na Nigel Farage. Da yake kaddamar da yakin neman zabensa a mashaya tauraruwar taurari bakwai da ke Sedgley, Etheridge ya ce: "Ina so mu wakilci ra'ayin mutane game da kafuwar". Etherridge ya samu kashi 13.7% na kuri'un da aka kada, tare da kuri'u na uku da aka kada. Ya yi alkawarin yin aiki da goyon baya tare da sabon shugaba, Diane James,  wanda ya kasance a takaice a cikin matsayi. Shawarwarinsa na manufofin sun haɗa da giya mai rahusa, mafi kyawun wakilci ga ubanni a cikin tsarin kotun iyali da kuri'ar raba gardama kan dawo da hukuncin kisa. Har ila yau, daga cikin shawarwarin manufofinsa sun hada da sake fasalin gidan yari da wani yunkuri na ceto gidan jama'a na Biritaniya ta hanyar sake dawo da shan taba ta hanyar amfani da ingantattun tsarin hakar kamar yadda ake amfani da shi a cikin Majalisar Tarayyar Turai kanta. Yayin da yake goyon bayan makarantun addinin musulmi da auren jinsi, ya bayar da shawarar haramta burka. 

A watan Oktoban shekara ta 2016, Etheridge ya kaddamar da yunkurinsa na zama shugaban UKIP bayan Diane James ya ajiye aiki, bayan da ya bayyana cewa ba zai goyi bayan Steven Woolfe ba kuma ya tsaya kan kansa yayin wata hira da BBC ta *Lahadi Siyasa* . Ya janye a ranar 25 ga Oktoba, kuma ya amince da wanda ya ci nasara, Paul Nuttall .

Bayan haka Etheridge ya kaddamar da takararsa ta uku a zaben shugabancin jam'iyyar Independence UK na shekarar 2017, wanda a baya ya tsaya a zabukan shugabannin UKIP a shekara ta 2016.  Babban rarrabuwar kawuna tsakanin 'yan takara shine tsakanin abin da *The Guardian* ya bayyana a matsayin "Masu 'yanci na tattalin arziki na Farage" kamar Etheridge da "mafi tsaurin ra'ayi, mai maida hankali kan Islama" Anne Marie Waters da Peter Whittle.  Etheridge ya bayyana cewa "duk wanda ya samu nasara, daya bangaren ba zai samu makoma a jam'iyyar ba". A ranar 26 ga watan Yuln shekara ta 2017, kwanaki biyu kafin a rufe nadin, Etheridge ya janye takararsa. 

Ya bayyana aniyarsa ta sake tsayawa takarar shugabancin jam'iyyar a zaben shugaban kasa da akayi a shekara ta 2018, amma ya janye ya goyi bayan Gerard Batten.

Etheridge ya bar UKIP a watan Oktoban shekara ta 2018, yana mai cewa masu kada kuri'a suna kallon jam'iyyar a matsayin "motar kiyayya ga Musulmai da kuma kungiyar yan luwadi".  Ya ci gaba da zama wani bangare na kungiyar Turai of Freedom and Direct Democracy a majalisar Turai.

## Jam'iyyar Libertarian da Brexit
A taron Liberty Rising na ranar 6 ga watan Oktoba shekara ta 2018, Etheridge ya sanar da cewa ya shiga Jam'iyyar Libertarian UK. Ya zama mataimakin shugabanta.  Koyaya, ya rasa wancan matsayin, a cikin Fabrairu shekara ta 2019, ya tafi ya shiga Jam'iyyar Brexit. A cikin Satumba shekara ta 2020 ya koma UKIP  kuma ya zama kakakin tattalin arziki. 

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