Just to prove that what I sounded (for the time being) was the Reveille, not the Last Post, here is an article about the latests brouhaha between UKIP and the Conservatives. Disregarding past experience the Tories have decided to go for what they consider to be their greatest enemy - UKIP. Tactically, this is about as stupid a thing to do as anyone can think of. Firstly, UKIP is a small party and,...
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EUReferendum on 3rd Mar 2009 (via eureferendum.blogspot.com)
For the best analysis of last week's turbulent politics, I refer you to Hopi Sen's excellent article How Not to Plot. He says it all.But there is a question that hasn't been addressed. How important are the euro-elections anyway? It's fashionable to claim that because the Tories got 27.7% and UKIP got 16.5% and "of course" UKIP people will vote Tory in a general election, the Tories are on course
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snowflake5 on 10th Jun 2009 (via snowflake5.blogspot.com)
A poll in The Times on Saturday puts support for UKIP at a massive 19%, widening the gap over Labour at 16% and leaving the Lib Dems on just 12%. The Populus poll has the Conservatives on 30%, down four points from three weeks ago, while UKIP has soared by 13% in the same period. Read the full article here.
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UKIP on 29th May 2009 (via ukip.org)
The leader of UKIP writes to a newspaper group in Somerset urging voters to support the Conservatives rather than his party's candidates.
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BBCPolitics on 28th Apr 2010 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
Lord Hesketh who left the Conservatives for UKIP said the largest UK-wide political parties were "incapable of dealing with" the issue of a UK referendum on Europe.
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BBCPolitics on 3rd Nov 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
In it, Nigel reveals that UKIP would do a deal with David Cameron and the Tories not to contest against them in the next general election if they promised to hold a referendum on the EU in their first year of goverment. Read the full article here.
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UKIP on 23rd May 2009 (via ukip.org)
The Conservatives and others seem to be concentrating on a range of off-key attacks on UKIP and our voting record in Strasbourg. They claim for example that we refused to defend Stilton cheese when the vote happened in 1996 &# three years before the first UKIP MEP was elected. However a more substantive attack has been on UKIP's vote on fishing rights in the North Sea, in particular an area o...
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UKIP on 27th May 2009 (via ukip.org)
Popular UKIP MEP for Yorkshire & The Humber, Godfrey Bloom, has been returned for another term, building on his 2004 vote. UKIP took 17% of the vote, up 3%, to come in third place behind the Conservatives with 25% &# no change from 2004 &# and Labour with 19%, down a massive 8% from last time. Aside from the Tories, who took two seats in total, Labour and UKIP, it was the Lib Dems and BNP ...
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UKIP on 7th Jun 2009 (via ukip.org)
It seems that Bob Spink no longer describes himself as a UKIP MP. Indeed, he says he has never been a member of the party, according to THIS article in his local Essex newspaper. How very strange. Do you think anyone has told UKIP? They list him on their website as a UKIP MP.
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IainDale on 9th Apr 2009 (via iaindale.blogspot.com)
The Independent has a lengthy feature today on UKIP and its problems, which you can read HERE. The article alleges... Annabelle Fuller (who writes the excellent IS THERE MORE TO LIFE THAN SHOES blog) resigned her job after receiving threatening and abusive phonecalls.Nigel Farage is facing two rival plots to unseat him.A member of the UKIP Executive is a BNP donor.Former UKIP leader Roger Knapman ...
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IainDale on 6th Sep 2008 (via iaindale.blogspot.com)
Every other British political party has their eye off UKIP. First of all the 4th June European Parliament elections are happening a year or so before a general election and UKIP are not a threat at national level. So as Labour, Tories and Lib Dems shadow box for the national poll, so UKIP can pour all their
