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The Daily Mail is reporting that both Conservatives and Labour want to keep UKIP out of the Leader’s debate in the 2015 General Election. The reason?  Simple fear that UKIP may take votes from Labour as well: Labour leader Ed Miliband wants to block the UK Independence Party from having a role in the TV [...]

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I regret to report that UKIP finished a disappointing fifth in the Bradford West by-election with only just over three percent.  Here’s the tally from the Guardian: George Galloway (Respect) 18,341 (55.89%, +52.83%) Imran Hussain (Labour) 8,201 (24.99%, -20.36%) Jackie Whiteley (Conservative) 2,746 (8.37%, -22.78%) Jeanette Sunderland (Liberal Democrat) 1,505 (4.59%, -7.08%) Sonja McNally (UKIP) [...]

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The Tories successfully defended a by-election for a council seat in Gravesham/Meopham North last Thursday.  But it was the second place tally that is interesting to me!  Because UKIP took second! John Cubitt (Conservative) – 648 votes Geoffrey Clark (UKIP) – 462 votes David Gibson (LibDem) – 148 votes Andrew Mylett (Labour) – 112 votes [...]

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Some encouraging news on UKIP!  As my readers know (I see you waving in London!), I was concerned about the UKIP turnout in the May 5 local elections.   Turned out the party exceeded expectations – elected its first Mayor in Ramsey (this means they won control of the local counsel!) Lisa Duffy is a [...]

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A recent poll suggested that the UKIP could have a bright future in British politics.  The Observer poll reported here said that 48% of the British voters polled would vote for a non-violent, anti-racist “far right” political party. Huge numbers of Britons would support an anti-immigration English nationalist party if it was not associated with [...]

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Add the Daily Express to the roll of honor for the United Kingdom.  Add this newspaper to the names of Churchill, Nelson, Wellington, Pitt the Elder and Younger, and Wilberforce as true patriots.  For the Daily Express today called for the United Kingdom to withdraw from both the EU and the European Court of Human [...]

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