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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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The Express reports that yet another local seat falls from the Tories to UKIP! Candidate William Harness won a seat on the North East Lincolnshire council, the party’s third success since the Eastleigh by-election. This report states that over 30 seats have gone to UKIP in the last three months and there have been 20 [...]

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I have been derelict in covering the Young Turks of the Tory Party:  Rory Stewart, Louise Mensch (formerly Bagshawe), Savid Javid and Kwasi Kwarteng. So let’s catch up a bit:  MP Rory Stewart joined the Tory rebels on Lords reform (so did Mensch) and was solid in the debate on the alleged reform of the [...]

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UKIP had a great day in Thursday’s local elections.  The Guardian’s headline is:  “Local Elections:  UKIP and Respect gain ground” The Eurosceptic party averaged about 14 per cent of the vote where its candidates were standing, mainly at the expense of the Conservatives. *** Conservative MP Gary Streeter blamed defections to Ukip for his party [...]

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The Independent is reporting today that UKIP leader Nigel Farage is in discussions with perhaps two Tory MPs about defecting to UKIP. Disillusioned Conservative MPs have secretly contacted the UK Independence Party to discuss possible defection, its leader claimed yesterday as he appealed to Tory Eurosceptics to jump ship. I would say that this is [...]

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UKIP has some good news this week: First, a Conservative member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the UK, Roger Helmer, has switched parties from the Tories to the United Kingdom Independence Party!  Here’s excerpts from the BBC report: “UKIP better represents the views of Conservative voters than David Cameron’s Conservative Party,” he said, on [...]

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A local government official in North West England who was the Tory leader in that region has defected to UKIP!  David Potts had withering criticism for his former leader, PM David Cameron: “I believe David Cameron is a spineless prime minister, and I deeply regret having supported his bid for the party leadership.” “UKIP is [...]

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It looks like the EU referendum vote in the British Parliament is set for next Thursday!   Here (Thanks AGAIN to ConservativeHome) is the David Nuttall (Young Turk of the Tory Party!) motion: The House calls upon the Government to introduce a Bill in the next session of Parliament to provide for the holding of a [...]

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A poll reported by (and conducted for) ConservativeHome shows that a majority of Conservative Party members want the UK OUT of the EU and a whopping 75% think the Eurozone needs to be broken up rather than see fiscal consolidation of power: Quoting this new ConservativeHome poll The Sunday Telegraph declares that “Euroscepticism is resurgent [...]

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The votes for prisoners issue is arousing the fight in Britons.  Both the Daily Mail and the Telegraph called for defiance.  The Telegraph editorial is particularly compelling: We believe the Government should refuse to accept the judgment by the European Court of Human Rights and if the court orders compensation to be paid, ministers should [...]

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The MP election yesterday was astounding:  Labour won as expected but the surprise is the second place finish of the UKIP canddiate.  The UKIP beat the Tories, the LibDems (who fell to SIXTH place), and the BNP! Here’s the results from ConservativeHome: Dan Jarvis (Lab) 14,724 (60.80%, +13.53%) Jane Collins (UKIP) 2,953 (12.19%, +7.53%) James [...]

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Ed West wrote in the Daily Guardian blog that the UKIP is surging in polls, especially among young people. Two recent YouGov polls have put UKIP on 5 per cent including one which, hilariously, put them above the Liberal Democrats in the 18-24-year-olds age group. The young know that they have decades to live (Lord [...]

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The former Mayor of the Sefton Council in Northwest England, Alf Doran, switched parties from the Conservative Party to the UKIP.  Doran advised the UKIP that he could no longer trust the present party leader, PM David Cameron.  Here’s a quote from a local periodical: Cllr Doran said: “For the first time in 40 years [...]

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I have written early on about the UKIP – the UK Independence Party.  It’s (notwithstanding my admiration for many in the Tory Party) my favorite UK political party.  They are non-racist and pro-sovereignty and very conservative. Several days ago, I write these words in my last blog: Perhaps, the solution lies in an obscure riding [...]

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The recent vote on the EU budget in the United Kingdom raised some fissures in the Tory party.  Thanks to ConservativeHome, the first story is about the amendment offered by an MP named Douglas Carswell to reduce the EU budget. “Line 2, leave out from ‘2011’ to end and add ‘is concerned at the above-inflation [...]

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David Nuttall was elected MP in the 2010 General Election as a Conservative for the constituency of  Bury North.  (Here’s his bio from Wikipedia and here’s his personal web site)  I could call him a Young Turk but he is only a few years younger than me; however, he has the spirit of the Young [...]

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First, I want to say, I am glad to be back blogging – between vacation and a computer virus I was out for a few days! GREAT NEWS!  Move over Michael Moore!  The Tea Party is going to make a documentary:  And its better than the Michael Moore stuff we see advertised all the time! [...]

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I want to thank my background source, Deep Tory, for this idea:  DT suggested that I write about Steven Baker, the new MP from Wycombe.  At the risk of a recurrence of a midlife crisis, here we go! Baker is fabulous; he’s a software engineer by education and training.  He entered politics through activism:  He [...]

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I wrote two months ago at Virginia Right and Conflicted Libertarian about the Young Turks of the Tory Party – young MPs recently elected to the British Parliament who might have an impact.  It nearly caused me to have a midlife crisis!  But the most prominent of the Young Turks is Rory Stewart.  He has [...]

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