What more can be said about Nick Clegg - from his fanatical compulsion with the EU, his near fatal tendency to be David Cameron's foot stool and a man who would sell his soul for a glimpse of power. It is somewhat apt to see his travails at this most compelling of times. David Cameron and the Tories have trussed up the Lib Dems like an oversized Christmas turkey - all that is left is for them to be basted and a fork stuck in them. The next election cannot come soon enough, this article highlights the woes of Nick Clegg.....
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/iainmartin1/100172093/nick-clegg-doesnt-seem-to-realise-he-is-stuffed/
Welcome to the UKIP Basingstoke blog.
Monday 23 July 2012
Sunday 15 July 2012
Will Cameron have the backbone to debate with Nigel Farage
Excellent article here with Nigel Farage laying down a challenge to David Cameron to debate the EU. It will be interesting to see if Cameron has the stomach for it!
http://www.eastleighnews.org.uk/news/2012/07/15/farage-challenges-cameron-to-debate/
http://www.eastleighnews.org.uk/news/2012/07/15/farage-challenges-cameron-to-debate/
Bravo - Liam Fox
Bravo - Liam Fox!
It seems that the message on Europe is finally getting through to the Tories. We all need to be very weary of the crocodile tears shed by them though. They are NOT a true eurosceptic party and their leader is as europhile as they get. What is more important though is getting the message out there - there is an alternative to the EU 'strait-jacket'. Momentum is building, as is public awareness it is becoming unstoppable so in UKIP we need to take the fight for Britain to the heart of government - free us from these EU chains of bondage! Here is Liam Fox's article in The Sun:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4429955/Liam-Fox-warns-Brussels-is-strangling-life-out-of-Britain.html
It seems that the message on Europe is finally getting through to the Tories. We all need to be very weary of the crocodile tears shed by them though. They are NOT a true eurosceptic party and their leader is as europhile as they get. What is more important though is getting the message out there - there is an alternative to the EU 'strait-jacket'. Momentum is building, as is public awareness it is becoming unstoppable so in UKIP we need to take the fight for Britain to the heart of government - free us from these EU chains of bondage! Here is Liam Fox's article in The Sun:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4429955/Liam-Fox-warns-Brussels-is-strangling-life-out-of-Britain.html
Saturday 14 July 2012
Should UKIP aim to destroy the Conservative Party? by Andrew Cadnam
There are choices coming to UKIP - this article by Andrew Cadnam highlights one of the most pressing - How should UKIP deal with the Conservatives in the future?
Previously I have argued that the rise of UKIP represents the long-term de-merging of the classical "19th Century" liberal and conservative strands of thought within the Conservative Party, artificially conflated as they were after Liberal Party splits in the early 20th Century and held together by the threat of Socialism thereafter. There is some evidence for this analysis, most notably the number of libertarians joining Young Independence, who may drag UKIP in a progressively more Libertarian direction in future.
Shorn of it's Thatcherite minority, in such a scenario the Conservative Party would return to being properly "conservative", in the sense of defending what Burke called "the organic state" and, in Peelite expression, of using power for 'reforming ills while conserving the good'.
However, this leads to another question. Namely, is the dominant tradition within the Conservative Party today "Tory" rather than "conservative"? If so, does the Conservative Party really deserve to continue to exist at all, and can it even survive? Should, therefore, the ultimate aim of UKIP be to destroy and replace the Conservative Party?
To analyse these questions it is necessary to go back to the formation of the modern Conservative Party. It's antecedent, the original "Tory" Party grew out of the English Civil War. Essentially reactionary, it was made up of people who wished to preserve the status quo, largely to their own advantage. The more sophisticated - and altogether more noble - "conservative" tradition emerged later between the end of the 18th and early 19th Centuries.
The major problem for the Conservative Party is, of course, that older and more cynical Tory tradition never really died, and has always remained a powerful force within the party. Unsurprisingly, when 'reforming the ill' clashed with Tory vested interests, as happened most notably under Sir Robert Peel and repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846, a major party split ensued. However, for much of the Conservative Party's later history, it has proved perfectly possible to reconcile the two traditions. Consequently it has proved difficult to know which tradition actually had the upper hand and the true motives - noble or cynical - behind Conservative Party policies.
But all that was before the European Union arrived on the scene. The reason that "Europe" is such a toxic issue for the Conservative Party is that not only does it directly pit the Tory lust for power and position against the conservative, Burkean tradition in a way that no other issue can, but it has proved impossible for the party to ignore.
And, sadly, Europe has illuminated for us in bright, neon capitals that it is the cynical Tory tradition that is dominant within the Conservative Party. At every juncture, despite principled objections from true conservatives, the Tory faction has won out, with ever more sovereignty lost and national institutions ever more damaged. The consequences to the Conservative Party itself have proved nothing short of disastrous: over the last 20 years, the increasing revulsion felt by activists with the "Tory" nature of it's leadership has lead to the haemorrhaging of membership and fuelled the rise of UKIP. It can be argued that this process will lead to the Conservative Party entering a death-spiral, as the cynical and unappealing face of an ever more dominant Toryism within the party makes it less and less electable. Arguably these effects are already apparent under the Prime Ministership of the very Tory David Cameron, with his advocacy of coalition government policies such as gay marriage, the replacement of the House of Lords (not 'reform' as is so disingenuously claimed) and destruction of the Armed Forces: all policies which could never remotely be called "conservative" and profoundly alienating to much of the electorate, particularly the Conservative Party core vote.
So where does leave UKIP? If the Conservative Party is weakening and both it's activist and voting base increasingly up for grabs, where should we pitch ourselves in order to achieve our ends? Should we seek to inherit the mantle of the classical liberal right wing, become essentially libertarian in outlook, and leave the mainstream "conservative" tradition struggling within the Tory-controlled Conservative Party? The advantage of this strategy is that UKIP can be philosophically more coherent and a fount of radical new Libertarian ideas, although unlikely ever to wield power except as a minority partner in a coalition. However, by 'pissing in' rather than 'pissing out' of the Conservative Party tent, we would probably be more effective than the Conservative Party right-wing currently is in promoting Libertarian policies.
Alternatively, should we go the whole hog and seek to acquire both the classical liberal and conservative strands, destroying and replacing the Conservative Party in the process? The advantage of this option is that it would hopefully weaken the thoroughly malign Tory tradition of power at any price which has so disfigured our politics, and at the same time keep the Right of British politics united. It isn't outlandish to claim that, following a complete Conservative Party collapse, one day we may even get to form a government ourselves.
What is not in doubt is that huge opportunities are opening up for UKIP that may see us break through as a major political force and our response to them will define the future identity of our party in the decades to come.
Previously I have argued that the rise of UKIP represents the long-term de-merging of the classical "19th Century" liberal and conservative strands of thought within the Conservative Party, artificially conflated as they were after Liberal Party splits in the early 20th Century and held together by the threat of Socialism thereafter. There is some evidence for this analysis, most notably the number of libertarians joining Young Independence, who may drag UKIP in a progressively more Libertarian direction in future.
Shorn of it's Thatcherite minority, in such a scenario the Conservative Party would return to being properly "conservative", in the sense of defending what Burke called "the organic state" and, in Peelite expression, of using power for 'reforming ills while conserving the good'.
However, this leads to another question. Namely, is the dominant tradition within the Conservative Party today "Tory" rather than "conservative"? If so, does the Conservative Party really deserve to continue to exist at all, and can it even survive? Should, therefore, the ultimate aim of UKIP be to destroy and replace the Conservative Party?
To analyse these questions it is necessary to go back to the formation of the modern Conservative Party. It's antecedent, the original "Tory" Party grew out of the English Civil War. Essentially reactionary, it was made up of people who wished to preserve the status quo, largely to their own advantage. The more sophisticated - and altogether more noble - "conservative" tradition emerged later between the end of the 18th and early 19th Centuries.
The major problem for the Conservative Party is, of course, that older and more cynical Tory tradition never really died, and has always remained a powerful force within the party. Unsurprisingly, when 'reforming the ill' clashed with Tory vested interests, as happened most notably under Sir Robert Peel and repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846, a major party split ensued. However, for much of the Conservative Party's later history, it has proved perfectly possible to reconcile the two traditions. Consequently it has proved difficult to know which tradition actually had the upper hand and the true motives - noble or cynical - behind Conservative Party policies.
But all that was before the European Union arrived on the scene. The reason that "Europe" is such a toxic issue for the Conservative Party is that not only does it directly pit the Tory lust for power and position against the conservative, Burkean tradition in a way that no other issue can, but it has proved impossible for the party to ignore.
And, sadly, Europe has illuminated for us in bright, neon capitals that it is the cynical Tory tradition that is dominant within the Conservative Party. At every juncture, despite principled objections from true conservatives, the Tory faction has won out, with ever more sovereignty lost and national institutions ever more damaged. The consequences to the Conservative Party itself have proved nothing short of disastrous: over the last 20 years, the increasing revulsion felt by activists with the "Tory" nature of it's leadership has lead to the haemorrhaging of membership and fuelled the rise of UKIP. It can be argued that this process will lead to the Conservative Party entering a death-spiral, as the cynical and unappealing face of an ever more dominant Toryism within the party makes it less and less electable. Arguably these effects are already apparent under the Prime Ministership of the very Tory David Cameron, with his advocacy of coalition government policies such as gay marriage, the replacement of the House of Lords (not 'reform' as is so disingenuously claimed) and destruction of the Armed Forces: all policies which could never remotely be called "conservative" and profoundly alienating to much of the electorate, particularly the Conservative Party core vote.
So where does leave UKIP? If the Conservative Party is weakening and both it's activist and voting base increasingly up for grabs, where should we pitch ourselves in order to achieve our ends? Should we seek to inherit the mantle of the classical liberal right wing, become essentially libertarian in outlook, and leave the mainstream "conservative" tradition struggling within the Tory-controlled Conservative Party? The advantage of this strategy is that UKIP can be philosophically more coherent and a fount of radical new Libertarian ideas, although unlikely ever to wield power except as a minority partner in a coalition. However, by 'pissing in' rather than 'pissing out' of the Conservative Party tent, we would probably be more effective than the Conservative Party right-wing currently is in promoting Libertarian policies.
Alternatively, should we go the whole hog and seek to acquire both the classical liberal and conservative strands, destroying and replacing the Conservative Party in the process? The advantage of this option is that it would hopefully weaken the thoroughly malign Tory tradition of power at any price which has so disfigured our politics, and at the same time keep the Right of British politics united. It isn't outlandish to claim that, following a complete Conservative Party collapse, one day we may even get to form a government ourselves.
What is not in doubt is that huge opportunities are opening up for UKIP that may see us break through as a major political force and our response to them will define the future identity of our party in the decades to come.
Friday 13 July 2012
Emerging Coalition Battlegrounds
The Coalition's dysfunctionality is coming back to haunt it. The different views and ideologies of the Lib Dems and Tories are being laid bare. It is true to say that the Coalition is on the cusp of self destruction. The new battleground of the EU is a frantic attempt by Tory MP's to re-connect with their base as they can clearly see the Government is in serious trouble. The Lib Dems know that they are in for a 'real shellacking' at the polls for going against all they believe in during the first few months of the Coalition - they therefore have not much more to lose.
As it is often said 'the worst marriages are made in hell' - that is a perfect euphemism for this Coalition - made and derived in hell, unfortunately the country is suffering whilst they are bickering.
The article below highlights the splits within the government:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2172862/Now-Coalition-goes-war-Europe-Lib-Dems-scorn-Hague-promise-Brussels-audit.html
As it is often said 'the worst marriages are made in hell' - that is a perfect euphemism for this Coalition - made and derived in hell, unfortunately the country is suffering whilst they are bickering.
The article below highlights the splits within the government:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2172862/Now-Coalition-goes-war-Europe-Lib-Dems-scorn-Hague-promise-Brussels-audit.html
I had hoped that the Coalition would bring out the best in the Lib Dems; I was wrong
This is a very good article by Dan Hannan it highlights where the coalition is going wrong and that the Lib Dems are not the right partners for the Conservatives.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100169741/i-had-hoped-that-the-coalition-would-bring-out-the-best-in-the-libdems/
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100169741/i-had-hoped-that-the-coalition-would-bring-out-the-best-in-the-libdems/
EU audit does not go far enough
William Hague has launched a so-called audit into our relationship with the European Union, for which he should be applauded. But, said Nigel Farage, the UKIP leader, we must be vigilant about how it is done and the scope that it has.
Mr Farage said: "An authoritative study into the relationship between the UK and the EU is long overdue. However these plans do not go nearly far enough. It would have been perfectly simple for the Government to have taken up Lord Pearson's idea set out in his Cost Benefit Analysis Bill from last year.
"Instead it is set to create an enquiry that will report back just in time for the European elections, no doubt to tell us that everything is just fine thank you.
"I have a reasonable suspicion that this audit will be set up in such a way as to provide the answers it wants to hear, just as it has done so with the flawed Human Rights enquiry, supposedly designed to cut back on the excess of the Human Rights industry, but today reported to be planning to increase its scope."
UKIP
Mr Farage said: "An authoritative study into the relationship between the UK and the EU is long overdue. However these plans do not go nearly far enough. It would have been perfectly simple for the Government to have taken up Lord Pearson's idea set out in his Cost Benefit Analysis Bill from last year.
"Instead it is set to create an enquiry that will report back just in time for the European elections, no doubt to tell us that everything is just fine thank you.
"I have a reasonable suspicion that this audit will be set up in such a way as to provide the answers it wants to hear, just as it has done so with the flawed Human Rights enquiry, supposedly designed to cut back on the excess of the Human Rights industry, but today reported to be planning to increase its scope."
UKIP
Farage: Give us a fair referendum on EU membership
The UK should withdraw from the EU and become a sole trader on the global stage, rather than being tied to a 'failing Europe' – writes UKIP leaderBy Nigel Farage MEP
• British Prime Minister David Cameron's next trick will be telling the people of the United Kingdom he needs a chance to renegotiate and make a deal with the European Union. Renegotiation is an option but not a solution. The British people deserve a true choice in a straight in/out referendum. Cameron does not want them to have one in case citizens do not give him the answer he wants, which is to stay in the EU. But only after a 'no' vote could we get that free trade deal. You know, the one we thought we had signed up to in 1975.
There is currently a lot of talk about the promise of a referendum on the EU, in the Westminster air. Cameron has a huge amount of ground to make up in the polls and some Conservatives think this could be the promise to give them a boost. Caveat emptor. But buyers and voters beware; we have had promises of EU referenda before. They came to nought.
Who can forget Cameron's promise to The Sun newspaper in September 2007, when he said: " Today, I will give this cast-iron guarantee: If I become PM, a Conservative government will hold a referendum on any EU treaty that emerges from these negotiations. No treaty should be ratified without consulting the British people in a referendum." Of course, the three big parties at Westminster in October 2011 told their MPs to vote against a motion calling for a referendum to be held on UK membership. With their blanket three- line whips, just like the EU itself, they were willing to bully and bulldoze all in their path to ensure that the will of this political class is carried out.
They will not listen to the people. Yet the public's call for a referendum is becoming stronger. Just this week, a poll by Populus showed that a clear 80 per cent of the electorate want such a poll. Even well-known Europhiles like Lord Owen have added their voice to this popular call. However, we have a problem. In previous party manifestos, promises have been made but not kept. So how can we trust the Labour and Tory parties now? If a referendum on membership were to be promised, would the wording be clear and actionable? People want democracy, people want to be able to vote. They want to express their will and have their will carried out.
Will any referendum that is called be free and fair? Would there be guarantees to ensure equal spending and equal media coverage for both sides? These issues are hugely important. There would be no use in having a referendum and having one side totally dominating the media or even the European Commission becoming involved and outspending a patriotic party like the UK Independence Party by a huge margin.
Many voters were surprised by the three-line whips in the referendum vote in the House Commons last October. Yet now, people have started to wake up and see through the false promises, the arrogance and deviousness of mainstream political parties. If a referendum on membership is called, which side would each party leader support? At this stage, it would seem that every leader of the LibLabCon would vote to stay within the political union that is the EU. It is sad, but true, that UKIP is the only political party which calls for the UK to withdraw from the EU and become a trader on the global stage, rather than being tied to a failing Europe.
There are other vital points to be raised. Would the necessary legislation be put in place before the next general election? No parliament may bind its successor, but it would show good faith and a strong will if this were so. There has never been a better time for an in/out EU referendum. The euro currency is in crisis. And as we speak, there is a large power grab by the EU taking place and talk of a new treaty or treaty change. Now is the chance to grab that opportunity for real change. This is the biggest issue facing the UK - by whom and where should our laws be made? In London, or in Brussels?
Our argument is resonating around the country like never before. The people have now woken up. They are restless and will not stop until their voice is heard. We want out of the EU, we want to control our own lives and we want our democracy back. That is why a referendum on this issue is vital and the quicker it comes, the better for all of us. We will work tirelessly until we achieve this goal.
Nigel Farage MEP is leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party
• British Prime Minister David Cameron's next trick will be telling the people of the United Kingdom he needs a chance to renegotiate and make a deal with the European Union. Renegotiation is an option but not a solution. The British people deserve a true choice in a straight in/out referendum. Cameron does not want them to have one in case citizens do not give him the answer he wants, which is to stay in the EU. But only after a 'no' vote could we get that free trade deal. You know, the one we thought we had signed up to in 1975.
There is currently a lot of talk about the promise of a referendum on the EU, in the Westminster air. Cameron has a huge amount of ground to make up in the polls and some Conservatives think this could be the promise to give them a boost. Caveat emptor. But buyers and voters beware; we have had promises of EU referenda before. They came to nought.
Who can forget Cameron's promise to The Sun newspaper in September 2007, when he said: " Today, I will give this cast-iron guarantee: If I become PM, a Conservative government will hold a referendum on any EU treaty that emerges from these negotiations. No treaty should be ratified without consulting the British people in a referendum." Of course, the three big parties at Westminster in October 2011 told their MPs to vote against a motion calling for a referendum to be held on UK membership. With their blanket three- line whips, just like the EU itself, they were willing to bully and bulldoze all in their path to ensure that the will of this political class is carried out.
They will not listen to the people. Yet the public's call for a referendum is becoming stronger. Just this week, a poll by Populus showed that a clear 80 per cent of the electorate want such a poll. Even well-known Europhiles like Lord Owen have added their voice to this popular call. However, we have a problem. In previous party manifestos, promises have been made but not kept. So how can we trust the Labour and Tory parties now? If a referendum on membership were to be promised, would the wording be clear and actionable? People want democracy, people want to be able to vote. They want to express their will and have their will carried out.
Will any referendum that is called be free and fair? Would there be guarantees to ensure equal spending and equal media coverage for both sides? These issues are hugely important. There would be no use in having a referendum and having one side totally dominating the media or even the European Commission becoming involved and outspending a patriotic party like the UK Independence Party by a huge margin.
Many voters were surprised by the three-line whips in the referendum vote in the House Commons last October. Yet now, people have started to wake up and see through the false promises, the arrogance and deviousness of mainstream political parties. If a referendum on membership is called, which side would each party leader support? At this stage, it would seem that every leader of the LibLabCon would vote to stay within the political union that is the EU. It is sad, but true, that UKIP is the only political party which calls for the UK to withdraw from the EU and become a trader on the global stage, rather than being tied to a failing Europe.
There are other vital points to be raised. Would the necessary legislation be put in place before the next general election? No parliament may bind its successor, but it would show good faith and a strong will if this were so. There has never been a better time for an in/out EU referendum. The euro currency is in crisis. And as we speak, there is a large power grab by the EU taking place and talk of a new treaty or treaty change. Now is the chance to grab that opportunity for real change. This is the biggest issue facing the UK - by whom and where should our laws be made? In London, or in Brussels?
Our argument is resonating around the country like never before. The people have now woken up. They are restless and will not stop until their voice is heard. We want out of the EU, we want to control our own lives and we want our democracy back. That is why a referendum on this issue is vital and the quicker it comes, the better for all of us. We will work tirelessly until we achieve this goal.
Nigel Farage MEP is leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party
Nigel Farage in the Huffington Post
Nigel gives numerous reasons why Britain should be looking to the rest of the world rather than 'the sick man Europe' for economic growth. Britain should seek to build relationships with the United States, the Commonwealth and the rest of the world rather than a German-dominated enclave called Europe.
By regaining our national sovereignty we will have the power and freedom to build trade pacts with the rest of the worid as well as having ties to Europe. We will be economically strengthened rather than weakened by such a move. As a nation now is the time for bold leaders rather than the cowering pygmies we have as the Coalition and Labour Party politicians. Only UKIP have the real answer to Britain's needs.
For Nigel's article please click the link below:
http://www.ukipmeps.org/news_573_You-can-smell-the-fear-in-Barroso%60s-nostrils-.html
By regaining our national sovereignty we will have the power and freedom to build trade pacts with the rest of the worid as well as having ties to Europe. We will be economically strengthened rather than weakened by such a move. As a nation now is the time for bold leaders rather than the cowering pygmies we have as the Coalition and Labour Party politicians. Only UKIP have the real answer to Britain's needs.
For Nigel's article please click the link below:
http://www.ukipmeps.org/news_573_You-can-smell-the-fear-in-Barroso%60s-nostrils-.html
Tuesday 10 July 2012
Tax Farce
Is this really what we pay our taxes for - so that faceless Eurocrats can fleece us even more?
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/331884/Eurocrats-told-Keep-dodging-taxes
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/331884/Eurocrats-told-Keep-dodging-taxes
David Cameron and the EU
If David Cameron and the Tories are so confident that they have the right policies on the EU why not put them to the test in a referendum? They should not cower like frightened little children scared of the dark!
The truth is both 'Cast-Iron' Dave and his motley crew know that they are in the wrong and would be exposed as such by a referendum. But, I hear you cry....there are Tories that support a referendum. Do not be fooled by crocodile tears. There is only one party in the UK that will guarantee a referendum UKIP! They should follow their words and/or principles and join us.
Nigel Farage has challenge David Cameron directly - come on Dave the ball is in your court!
http://ukip.org/content/latest-news/2714-dont-be-fooled-again-by-nigel-farage
The truth is both 'Cast-Iron' Dave and his motley crew know that they are in the wrong and would be exposed as such by a referendum. But, I hear you cry....there are Tories that support a referendum. Do not be fooled by crocodile tears. There is only one party in the UK that will guarantee a referendum UKIP! They should follow their words and/or principles and join us.
Nigel Farage has challenge David Cameron directly - come on Dave the ball is in your court!
http://ukip.org/content/latest-news/2714-dont-be-fooled-again-by-nigel-farage
Monday 9 July 2012
Marta Andreasen of UKIP explaining the EU waste monster!
If anybody doubted the need to address the EU behemoth then this video leaves no room for complacency.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE5Q25we4Oc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE5Q25we4Oc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Tories worried by rise of UKIP
At UKIP we are the only party that will guarantee a referendum on the EU. Far from being a side issue it is the most pressing decision facing the nation. UKIP have a clear vision for Britain and we need to focus on what the people of the country feel is in their best interests. Unlike the LibLabCons we are a party that will truly empower citizens.
All of the above are reasons for the Tories especially to fear us - it weakens them and they are exposed as the faceless EU bureaucrats they truly are.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/9367479/David-Cameron-We-need-to-be-clear-about-the-best-way-of-getting-what-is-best-for-Britain.html#
All of the above are reasons for the Tories especially to fear us - it weakens them and they are exposed as the faceless EU bureaucrats they truly are.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/9367479/David-Cameron-We-need-to-be-clear-about-the-best-way-of-getting-what-is-best-for-Britain.html#
Sunday 8 July 2012
Nigel Farage slating Tory promises on EU Referendum
The electorate cannot trust the Tories 'Cast Iron' guarantees on the EU
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18664665
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18664665
Sunday 6 May 2012
Opportunity Knocks For UKIP
With the travails of the Coalition Government, UKIP have an outstanding chance to capture votes not only from the right but from the left as well. The key to UKIP's fortunes lie in it making the case of not just being a pseudo-Tory enigma, but a party of the masses.
UKIP is well known for being a party of eurosceptic and lower immigration doctrine but its policies are far more than just these and it needs to address the platform of being defined under these narrow definitions.
One word defines how far UKIP can grow and prosper and that is RELEVANCE - if UKIP can appeal to the patriotic and hardworking working classes it can be assured of at least 15 to 20% of the electorate. This would clearly make the case for it being the 3rd party in British politics - it will also be a key breakthrough for the party and test the resolve of the other parties.
UKIP has to show how the EU impacts on the daily lives of the working classes, how through its policies and radicalisation of politics within the UK their lives will be improved and made better. By investing at home rather than throwing money at the EU's failing enterprise we can liberate the entrepreneurial spirit within the UK.
Opportunity knocks for UKIP and this will only be dampened by the resolve it shows for the task ahead. If it is forthright and straight talking with the electorate UKIP will be given credit for this as many feel the Conservative/Liberal/Labour axis has diminished politics and undermined our democracy.
Below is a link from the Daily Express and this connects neatly with my arguments and propositions for the future of UKIP:-
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/318245/
UKIP is well known for being a party of eurosceptic and lower immigration doctrine but its policies are far more than just these and it needs to address the platform of being defined under these narrow definitions.
One word defines how far UKIP can grow and prosper and that is RELEVANCE - if UKIP can appeal to the patriotic and hardworking working classes it can be assured of at least 15 to 20% of the electorate. This would clearly make the case for it being the 3rd party in British politics - it will also be a key breakthrough for the party and test the resolve of the other parties.
UKIP has to show how the EU impacts on the daily lives of the working classes, how through its policies and radicalisation of politics within the UK their lives will be improved and made better. By investing at home rather than throwing money at the EU's failing enterprise we can liberate the entrepreneurial spirit within the UK.
Opportunity knocks for UKIP and this will only be dampened by the resolve it shows for the task ahead. If it is forthright and straight talking with the electorate UKIP will be given credit for this as many feel the Conservative/Liberal/Labour axis has diminished politics and undermined our democracy.
Below is a link from the Daily Express and this connects neatly with my arguments and propositions for the future of UKIP:-
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/318245/
Saturday 5 May 2012
EU plot to abolish nation states
In the Express there is an article covering the latest attempts by eurocrats to integrate Europe further. There is a distinct threat to the nation states within Europe and a plan to centralise more power within Europe to unelected bodies. Unless the citizens of Europe stand firm and say no there is the high possibility of faceless eurocrats reining in more powers for themselves with disastrous consequences for the sovereign states.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/318045/EU-plot-to-scrap-Britain
Electoral Thanks from UKIP Basingstoke
At UKIP Basingstoke we are delighted by the results achieved being a very new branch. In 4 of the 5 seats contested we achieved between 12 and 15% that is a fantastic foothold from which we can launch future campaigns. We would like to extend our thanks and regards to all those that voted including those who did not vote for us. Without the electorate democracy is nothing. We wish the winning candidates well in their terms of office and hope they represent the people of Basingstoke with integrity and dignity.
From all at UKIP Basingstoke
From all at UKIP Basingstoke
Sunday 29 April 2012
UKIP PINS ELECTION HOPES ON ‘DISENCHANTED’ VOTERS
At UKIP we should strive to live up to the hopes and aspirations of those that have been let down by the other parties. Whilst we are new in Basingstoke we are dedicated to putting in place a securer future for our youth, protecting the vulnerable and releasing the entrepreneurial talent within the town.
At all times though we endeavour to abide by our core principles of giving the people a real input into decision-making and making real 'localism' a fundamental tenement of all we do.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/316732/Ukip-pins-election-hopes-on-disenchanted-voters
At all times though we endeavour to abide by our core principles of giving the people a real input into decision-making and making real 'localism' a fundamental tenement of all we do.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/316732/Ukip-pins-election-hopes-on-disenchanted-voters
'Tory leadership has failed to do its duty'
This is a severe indictment of the Tories in Basingstoke and shows what for years their opponents have been saying. The Tory council have misrepresented, been underhanded and bordering on conniving. Over the Manydown issue - they have been shown to have politicised the issue of town development and gone against the best interests of the people of Basingstoke as a whole.
At UKIP we believe that those responsible should be made to step down and that there should be a public meeting to discuss the future policy of development in the town.
http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/9677246._Tory_leadership_has_failed_to_do_its_duty_/
At UKIP we believe that those responsible should be made to step down and that there should be a public meeting to discuss the future policy of development in the town.
http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/9677246._Tory_leadership_has_failed_to_do_its_duty_/
Leader boosts election push
UKIP Basingstoke would like to extend their thanks to Nigel Farage for a lively and entertaining evening. More importantly though we would like to thank those who attended the meeting and the people of Basingstoke for their support since our formation - we are most grateful.
Below is the Basingstoke Gazette article on the meeting:
http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/local/9677241.Leader_boosts_election_push/
Below is the Basingstoke Gazette article on the meeting:
http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/local/9677241.Leader_boosts_election_push/
Tuesday 17 April 2012
Tory Council Failure
http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/9653482.Major_legal_decision_goes_against_borough_on_Manydown/#commentsList
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the Tories are having a 'systematic nervous breakdown' over issues not only of policy but collectively as a party. This has been a dreadful waste of public funds and was a means of gathering votes in the Winklebury and Oakley areas. It is political expediency at its worst. Cllr Golding and Cllr Reid should both resign over this, but will they do the decent thing?
I doubt it but they have both been totally compromised over this farce.
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the Tories are having a 'systematic nervous breakdown' over issues not only of policy but collectively as a party. This has been a dreadful waste of public funds and was a means of gathering votes in the Winklebury and Oakley areas. It is political expediency at its worst. Cllr Golding and Cllr Reid should both resign over this, but will they do the decent thing?
I doubt it but they have both been totally compromised over this farce.
Sunday 15 April 2012
Interesting Times
Whilst it is unlikely that the Tory Party will implode any time soon, at UKIP we are making enough ground to be a realistic prospect for sitting MP's. Once we gain MP's the flood gates will open, look at the SNP in Scotland. We need to stay on and be confident in our message:
http://playpolitical.typepad.com/other_uk_parties/2012/04/watch-nigel_farage-if-ukip-continues-to-grow-in-the-opinion-polls-tory-mps-will-join-.html
http://playpolitical.typepad.com/other_uk_parties/2012/04/watch-nigel_farage-if-ukip-continues-to-grow-in-the-opinion-polls-tory-mps-will-join-.html
The troubled Tory tribe
The Tories really should stop blaming UKIP for their ills and look closer to home - at least Nadine Dorries seems to be trying some form of analysis here. At UKIP we WILL expose the governments faults and not allow them to get away with bleeding the country dry for the EU.
Nadine Dorries MP: UKIP have a set of right wing policies which look "astoundingly Conservative"
Before I begin, it isn’t me. I’m not talking to UKIP.
As we all head back to London for the start of a new Parliamentary session, the welcoming committee is a depressing one for Cameron, and with good reason. There are MPs who are indeed talking to UKIP, and they appear to be from the ‘younger generation’ of MPs, which will worry Cameron considerably. I think I have a clear idea of who one is and he certainly isn’t a usual suspect.
As Tim, noted in his Guardian column on Friday, the leadership of the party has made one strategic mistake after another, and the patience of many MPs has worn thin.
A major fissure appeared in the collective loyalty of MPs during the weekend following the budget when for the first time, they began to feel a verbal backlash in their respective constituencies. Whether it was as a result of granny tax, pasty tax, or child benefit cliff edges, suddenly being a new Conservative MP didn’t feel as great as it had for the last couple of years.
It is a difficult moment when people stop patting you on the back and telling you how well you did to get elected and start doubting the policies of the government you represent.
It is even harder for the most loyal of MPs who articulate absolute adherence to Cameron on the outside, whilst fully aware that there has been one major mistake after another - and now they have to justify it to their local associations and the very people who helped put them into Parliament.
This scenario creates an inner personal conflict which boils into a steaming resentment, which will eventually erupt.
As we all head back to London for the start of a new Parliamentary session, the welcoming committee is a depressing one for Cameron, and with good reason. There are MPs who are indeed talking to UKIP, and they appear to be from the ‘younger generation’ of MPs, which will worry Cameron considerably. I think I have a clear idea of who one is and he certainly isn’t a usual suspect.
As Tim, noted in his Guardian column on Friday, the leadership of the party has made one strategic mistake after another, and the patience of many MPs has worn thin.
A major fissure appeared in the collective loyalty of MPs during the weekend following the budget when for the first time, they began to feel a verbal backlash in their respective constituencies. Whether it was as a result of granny tax, pasty tax, or child benefit cliff edges, suddenly being a new Conservative MP didn’t feel as great as it had for the last couple of years.
It is a difficult moment when people stop patting you on the back and telling you how well you did to get elected and start doubting the policies of the government you represent.
It is even harder for the most loyal of MPs who articulate absolute adherence to Cameron on the outside, whilst fully aware that there has been one major mistake after another - and now they have to justify it to their local associations and the very people who helped put them into Parliament.
This scenario creates an inner personal conflict which boils into a steaming resentment, which will eventually erupt.
The errors began before the election (we should have
spotted the signs) when Cameron agreed to the leadership debates and then ran
the election campaign on a Big Society platform which hadn’t even been
poll-tested. Both of those bad judgments possibly robbed us of the majority we
desperately needed and, more importantly, the country deserved.
The next major error was to agree to govern in coalition with the Liberal
Democrats.
The right decision would undoubtedly have been to govern with a minority government until October 2010.
Given the economic mess we were in and the size of the deficit in May 2010, the conditions were begging for that decision to be made.
Nothing would have been easier than to go back to the country in October 2010 and explain the true mess the party had inherited. Nothing would have been more justified than telling the electorate the country needed a stronger government, with a larger public mandate in order to take the necessary decisions to repair the damage left by Labour.
Cameron could have explained to the electorate that a majority government was a ‘must have’ for the sake of the country and they would have listened.
The fact that an incoming Government never truly gets to see the books until it takes possession of Number 11, along with the note from Liam Byrne announcing that all the money had been spent, would have been enough to convince the electorate that this was no time for protest votes. No time for minority parties who can only command a nine percent share of the vote. No time for sitting at home on hands and procrastinating. In October 2010, every citizen would have been very much aware of their own responsibility in electing a strong government. I believe the British people are at their best when facing adversity and would have risen to this challenge and elected a majority Conservative government.
Market volatility couldn’t have been any worse for us than in May 2010. An indication that there would be another election in the autumn which would almost certainly have refined voting intentions towards one of the two main parties may possibly even have contributed to stabilising the markets over the summer period, until the second election was called.
But, thanks to a bad decision, we will never know.
The tendency of Cameron to roll to the left in every decision he takes is not done just to please the Liberal Democrats, although there is far too much of that. Cameron describes himself as a social liberal. The problem is that most of the sixty five million British voters aren’t. You would walk the streets of Essex or Yorkshire for a long time before you found a voter who described himself as such. The Liberal Democrats are an out and proud fully declared socially liberal party and only nine percent of the population voted for them, shouldn’t that tell us something? I will concede that the people in Cameron’s social circle may well be socially liberal. Social liberalism has always been an indulgence of the wealthy. The people who can afford to enjoy liberalism whilst protecting their own children from the societal influences of such by sending them to the most expensive schools. In addition to the majority of the British public being far from social liberals, they also aren’t stupid. They know that each family struggles financially whilst we send a billion of our hard earned cash to Europe each year.
They know that gay marriage is a side issue which many gay couples living outside of London or bohemian Brighton (sorry Graeme) have no interest in and as one gay couple articulated to me in my constituency, “we wish Cameron and others would just shut the **** up and leave us alone in our civil partnership”. This from a couple who happily contribute to their local community and resent their relationship becoming a focus point for discussion as they queue for fish and chips and get on with their lives. Not all gay couples live in the south of England.
And that is just about what everyone is doing, getting on with their busy lives and surviving to do too much about any of the disconnect they feel, however, suddenly a new dynamic has entered the political arena and penetrated the chatter bubble of everyone’s daily lives.
UKIP are gathering support and are now on an equal pegging with the Liberal Democrats polling on eleven percent. They are doing so because the British taxpayer no longer wants to bail out basket-case, southern European countries. Voters are very well aware of the fact that people living in the booming economies of the far East are having it much better than we are, and want to know why we aren’t looking East to trade instead of Europe.
In my village alone, two graduates are leaving to work in Dubai and Singapore this September, and my hairdresser is off to Abu Dhabi. I don’t live in London where this isn’t so uncommon. Suddenly, you can’t move before you hear of a young person fleeing the shores. Are we becoming the Eire of yesteryear? A group of twenty-five year olds told me this week ‘the UK, London, Europe, it’s all so tired, such a mess, the developing countries is where it’s happening’.
And, whilst all this is taking place, Cameron and Osborne make one bad judgment call after another. Instead of speaking the language of the young and emulating their observations and intentions, they talk of defending the Eurozone, supporting the ECHR, spinning the same old tired Euro deal. The most embarrassing recent error has to have been Cameron’s Easter speech in which he called for all Christians to fight back for the right to wear a cross and chain at work, at the same time that his Ministers wrote to the ECHR to argue that Christians had no right to wear a cross and chain and to not support the cases before the court.
Do the government really think the electorate don’t notice this crass incoherence and incompetence? The electorate always seem willing to forgive Labour for such mistakes, as though messing up is somehow expected. They are far less forgiving of a Conservative government, as though they expect far better.
Is it any wonder Conservative MPs are wondering what to do? Where to go?
It would take only two MPs to cross the floor to give UKIP the publicity and coverage it needs to harness public disquiet and dissatisfaction with Cameron and the other main parties.
Two MPs to uplift UKIP to the centre stage.
Two MPs to turbo-charge a party into the credible political arena of the House of Commons.
Two MPs to transform the electoral opportunities of UKIP at the next general election by publicising and highlighting a silo for a protest vote which is not the Liberal Democrats.
And if it happens, if two MPs do cross the floor, if UKIP rob us of seats and destroy our chances in the marginals, if we lose to Labour at the next General Election because UKIP take a substantial share of the vote, there are just two men to thank for a repetitive string of bad decisions which led us there.
UKIP are the new Liberal Democrats but with truth, chutzpah, the wind in their sails and a set of right wing policies which look astoundingly Conservative.
As we appear to have a Prime Minister and a Chancellor who describe themselves as ‘social liberals’ rather than Conservatives, we should all be very worried indeed.
The right decision would undoubtedly have been to govern with a minority government until October 2010.
Given the economic mess we were in and the size of the deficit in May 2010, the conditions were begging for that decision to be made.
Nothing would have been easier than to go back to the country in October 2010 and explain the true mess the party had inherited. Nothing would have been more justified than telling the electorate the country needed a stronger government, with a larger public mandate in order to take the necessary decisions to repair the damage left by Labour.
Cameron could have explained to the electorate that a majority government was a ‘must have’ for the sake of the country and they would have listened.
The fact that an incoming Government never truly gets to see the books until it takes possession of Number 11, along with the note from Liam Byrne announcing that all the money had been spent, would have been enough to convince the electorate that this was no time for protest votes. No time for minority parties who can only command a nine percent share of the vote. No time for sitting at home on hands and procrastinating. In October 2010, every citizen would have been very much aware of their own responsibility in electing a strong government. I believe the British people are at their best when facing adversity and would have risen to this challenge and elected a majority Conservative government.
Market volatility couldn’t have been any worse for us than in May 2010. An indication that there would be another election in the autumn which would almost certainly have refined voting intentions towards one of the two main parties may possibly even have contributed to stabilising the markets over the summer period, until the second election was called.
But, thanks to a bad decision, we will never know.
The tendency of Cameron to roll to the left in every decision he takes is not done just to please the Liberal Democrats, although there is far too much of that. Cameron describes himself as a social liberal. The problem is that most of the sixty five million British voters aren’t. You would walk the streets of Essex or Yorkshire for a long time before you found a voter who described himself as such. The Liberal Democrats are an out and proud fully declared socially liberal party and only nine percent of the population voted for them, shouldn’t that tell us something? I will concede that the people in Cameron’s social circle may well be socially liberal. Social liberalism has always been an indulgence of the wealthy. The people who can afford to enjoy liberalism whilst protecting their own children from the societal influences of such by sending them to the most expensive schools. In addition to the majority of the British public being far from social liberals, they also aren’t stupid. They know that each family struggles financially whilst we send a billion of our hard earned cash to Europe each year.
They know that gay marriage is a side issue which many gay couples living outside of London or bohemian Brighton (sorry Graeme) have no interest in and as one gay couple articulated to me in my constituency, “we wish Cameron and others would just shut the **** up and leave us alone in our civil partnership”. This from a couple who happily contribute to their local community and resent their relationship becoming a focus point for discussion as they queue for fish and chips and get on with their lives. Not all gay couples live in the south of England.
And that is just about what everyone is doing, getting on with their busy lives and surviving to do too much about any of the disconnect they feel, however, suddenly a new dynamic has entered the political arena and penetrated the chatter bubble of everyone’s daily lives.
UKIP are gathering support and are now on an equal pegging with the Liberal Democrats polling on eleven percent. They are doing so because the British taxpayer no longer wants to bail out basket-case, southern European countries. Voters are very well aware of the fact that people living in the booming economies of the far East are having it much better than we are, and want to know why we aren’t looking East to trade instead of Europe.
In my village alone, two graduates are leaving to work in Dubai and Singapore this September, and my hairdresser is off to Abu Dhabi. I don’t live in London where this isn’t so uncommon. Suddenly, you can’t move before you hear of a young person fleeing the shores. Are we becoming the Eire of yesteryear? A group of twenty-five year olds told me this week ‘the UK, London, Europe, it’s all so tired, such a mess, the developing countries is where it’s happening’.
And, whilst all this is taking place, Cameron and Osborne make one bad judgment call after another. Instead of speaking the language of the young and emulating their observations and intentions, they talk of defending the Eurozone, supporting the ECHR, spinning the same old tired Euro deal. The most embarrassing recent error has to have been Cameron’s Easter speech in which he called for all Christians to fight back for the right to wear a cross and chain at work, at the same time that his Ministers wrote to the ECHR to argue that Christians had no right to wear a cross and chain and to not support the cases before the court.
Do the government really think the electorate don’t notice this crass incoherence and incompetence? The electorate always seem willing to forgive Labour for such mistakes, as though messing up is somehow expected. They are far less forgiving of a Conservative government, as though they expect far better.
Is it any wonder Conservative MPs are wondering what to do? Where to go?
It would take only two MPs to cross the floor to give UKIP the publicity and coverage it needs to harness public disquiet and dissatisfaction with Cameron and the other main parties.
Two MPs to uplift UKIP to the centre stage.
Two MPs to turbo-charge a party into the credible political arena of the House of Commons.
Two MPs to transform the electoral opportunities of UKIP at the next general election by publicising and highlighting a silo for a protest vote which is not the Liberal Democrats.
And if it happens, if two MPs do cross the floor, if UKIP rob us of seats and destroy our chances in the marginals, if we lose to Labour at the next General Election because UKIP take a substantial share of the vote, there are just two men to thank for a repetitive string of bad decisions which led us there.
UKIP are the new Liberal Democrats but with truth, chutzpah, the wind in their sails and a set of right wing policies which look astoundingly Conservative.
As we appear to have a Prime Minister and a Chancellor who describe themselves as ‘social liberals’ rather than Conservatives, we should all be very worried indeed.
Sunday 8 April 2012
Two-day old news: The Lib Dems are completely doo-lally
Two-day old news: The Lib Dems are completely doo-lally
This post is from Roger Helmer MEP and shows that the Lib Dems have gone and are completely bonkers. They seem to have lost all sense of reality over the eurozone crisis
This post is from Roger Helmer MEP and shows that the Lib Dems have gone and are completely bonkers. They seem to have lost all sense of reality over the eurozone crisis
More Government FAILURE over the UK's border controls
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2126913/Theresa-Mays-crack-European-Court-Human-Rights-Not-chance-hell.html
It is bordering on incompetent and negligent how this government tries various initiatives but fails to realise they are doomed to fail from the outset due to the EU. It does not take a genius to know that the EU is overbearing and dictatorial. This government is complicit in its lack of democracy though, the voters of Britain should be allowed a referendum on the EU to decide for themselves whether we remain in the EU.
It is bordering on incompetent and negligent how this government tries various initiatives but fails to realise they are doomed to fail from the outset due to the EU. It does not take a genius to know that the EU is overbearing and dictatorial. This government is complicit in its lack of democracy though, the voters of Britain should be allowed a referendum on the EU to decide for themselves whether we remain in the EU.
Friday 6 April 2012
Thurrock - EU Referendum Ballot
http://m.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/05/eu-referendum-constituency-ballot?cat=politics&type=article
90% of respondents want a referendum on the EU - and yet, the Lib/Lab/Con europhile conspiracy denies the electorate their democratic right. UKIP will give the voters their rights back!
90% of respondents want a referendum on the EU - and yet, the Lib/Lab/Con europhile conspiracy denies the electorate their democratic right. UKIP will give the voters their rights back!
Sunday 1 April 2012
Conservatives are faking opposition to Scottish independence
http://news.stv.tv/politics/302147-conservatives-are-faking-their-opposition-to-independence-to-position-themselves-for-a-post-independence-deal/
More deceitful cynicism of this so-called government. UKIP have a duty to exploit this for the good of the union and its people. UKIP's major failing is not a lack of policies - or even good policies - but a failure to articulate to the masses how appallingly we have been governed by the Lib/Lab/Con triumverate. Only UKIP can change this - by speaking directly, honestly and frankly with the British people.
More deceitful cynicism of this so-called government. UKIP have a duty to exploit this for the good of the union and its people. UKIP's major failing is not a lack of policies - or even good policies - but a failure to articulate to the masses how appallingly we have been governed by the Lib/Lab/Con triumverate. Only UKIP can change this - by speaking directly, honestly and frankly with the British people.
True face of Cameron's Conservative Party
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2123029/It-took-Dave-just-days-REALLY-toxify-Tories.html
The Daily Mail expose the true face of Cameroon Conservatism. It proves the government are not liked or loved even by their own.
The Daily Mail expose the true face of Cameroon Conservatism. It proves the government are not liked or loved even by their own.
Saturday 31 March 2012
UKIP Policies
http://www.ukip.org/content/ukip-policies/2553-what-we-stand-for
See what UKIP can do for you.
We are the only one of the four main parties that will free you from the over regulation and burdens of the EU.
This link will guide you through What UKIP Stand For!
We are much more than a single issue party - have a look and see for yourselves what UKIP can offer you.
See what UKIP can do for you.
We are the only one of the four main parties that will free you from the over regulation and burdens of the EU.
This link will guide you through What UKIP Stand For!
We are much more than a single issue party - have a look and see for yourselves what UKIP can offer you.
Wednesday 28 March 2012
UKIP Basingstoke Goals
Our mission and goals are to be the party of:
1) Honour
2) Integrity
3) Dedication
At present we are new to Basingstoke but by following these virtues we will look to expand our base and show the people/electorate of Basingstoke there is a new politics in town.
None of the other 'main' parties can say that they adhere to these principles.
UKIP Basingstoke
1) Honour
2) Integrity
3) Dedication
At present we are new to Basingstoke but by following these virtues we will look to expand our base and show the people/electorate of Basingstoke there is a new politics in town.
None of the other 'main' parties can say that they adhere to these principles.
UKIP Basingstoke
Tuesday 27 March 2012
UKIP on the rise around the country
http://www.windsorobserver.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2012/03/22/58159-former-mayor-and-husband-trade-tories-for-ukip/
UKIP are on the rise around the country with more defectors from the Tories. We are fast becoming a major force in British politics.
UKIP are on the rise around the country with more defectors from the Tories. We are fast becoming a major force in British politics.
Sunday 25 March 2012
Nigel Farage's views on George Osborne's budget
Budget does little for business or families
Wednesday, 21st March 2012
Today's Budget from Chancellor George Osborne does little for business and continues to pile on the financial pain for families, says UKIP Leader Nigel Farage.Mr Farage said: "In his Budget the Chancellor promised the 'biggest reduction in business red tape ever', but this is mere tinkering at the edges.
"For the government to effectively help small business it needs to tackle legislation such as the Agency Workers Directive which is predicted to cost the economy 100,000 jobs and the Working Time Directive which has cost the NHS alone £2billion over the last 2 years.
"The government is impotent when tackling the real barriers to growth because of the UK's insistence on adhering to these damaging EU laws. If the government really wanted to support UK business it would repudiate such EU legislation.
"The Chancellor's refusal to cut the proposed 3p per litre increase in fuel duty for August is a kick in the guts for hardworking families across the country. Refusing to budge on this demonstrates that he and his government do not understand the challenges facing real people in this country. Cutting this duty would have boosted growth, instead he continues to clobber the hard pressed motorist on top of the road tolls he plans to introduce.
"Increasing the personal income tax threshold to £9,025 is a step in the right direction but does not go nearly far enough. To boost growth anyone on the minimum wage who works a full week should be taken totally out of the tax system, which would mean a threshold of £12k pa. This would take four and half million people out of tax. UKIP have been calling for this for five years.
"The Chancellor's revealed that the UK economy will grow this year by 0.8%, whilst the eurozone contracts. This goes to show that we should cut our ties to this sinking ship."
Friday 23 March 2012
Phil Heath joins UKIP
http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/local/9609546.Ex_Tory_joins_UKIP_in_advisory_role/
UKIP Basingstoke welcomes Phil Heath to its ranks. Phil will bring an outspoken but experienced perspective to the party. Thanks to Phil Heath and we look forward to many more joining us!
UKIP Basingstoke welcomes Phil Heath to its ranks. Phil will bring an outspoken but experienced perspective to the party. Thanks to Phil Heath and we look forward to many more joining us!
Thursday 22 March 2012
More of YOUR money to the EU
Whilst the country burns - the Tories infatuation with the Euro farce goes on......http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/budget/9159000/Budget-2012-Britain-sends-an-extra-1.8billion-to-Europe.html
Read and weep......!!
Read and weep......!!
Sunday 11 March 2012
How German economic policy has had dire implications on the rest of the EU
http://www.brugesgroup.com/eu/german-economic-policy-and-the-euro-1999-2010.htm
The link above shows the disastrous effect that German economic policy has had on the EU. The German economy has drained resources from the lesser EU nations and whilst enriching them - it has impoverished the rim group of nations.
Consider the following facts:
Germany has been by far the largest exporting nation within the Eurozone
In the last 3 (recorded) years alone, Germany has run up massive trade surpluses with the other Eurozone countries averaging €100 billion per year
The ECB’s exchange rate policy favours German interests
Germany entered the euro at too low a rate of exchange, cementing its historic economic advantage and to the disadvantage of countries with smaller economies such as Greece and Ireland
The siting of the ECB in Frankfurt enabled Germany to influence policy regarding the Euro in its own interests
Do WE in Britain want to be part of a German dominated superstate?
The link above shows the disastrous effect that German economic policy has had on the EU. The German economy has drained resources from the lesser EU nations and whilst enriching them - it has impoverished the rim group of nations.
Consider the following facts:
Do WE in Britain want to be part of a German dominated superstate?
Saturday 10 March 2012
Trevor Kavanagh of The Sun highlighting the Greek tragedy
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4156459/EU-causing-very-hostility-it-was-meant-to-prevent.html
The above link shows a very compelling case for why Britain needs to extricate itself from the EU and how the bailouts have failed to stem the impending Greek tragedy. Our money is being used to propagate this farce.
The above link shows a very compelling case for why Britain needs to extricate itself from the EU and how the bailouts have failed to stem the impending Greek tragedy. Our money is being used to propagate this farce.
Welcome to the UKIP local manifesto
Democracy first. We, the people, shall rule
We will -
• Empower local people by giving you the right to call binding referenda on local issues
• Let you, the people, decide major planning schemes like supermarkets by referendum
• Grant no right of appeal from the people's decisions on planning schemes • Introduce election for county health, education and police boards.
• Expect your councillors to put the people's needs first, ahead of party dogmas.
• Make councils, schools, police, hospitals, planning and social care put local people first
• Keep central government out of local government
• Abolish regional government
• Restore our ancient county, borough and parish councils
• Let councils control their own finances by keeping half of local business rates
• Replace VAT with a Local Sales Tax, with a proportion going direct to councils.
• Halt all cuts to front-line council services
• Keep police on the beat to protect the people from anti-social behaviour• Improve health care for the elderly
• Develop youth services
• Maintain the roads properly• Give rates relief to local businesses
• Increase provision of free parking• Invest in high-quality state education
• Preserve our public libraries• Improve public transport
• Energise the voluntary sector
• Devolve budgets, not burdens
• End aspirational waffle about local communities.
• The Big Society is a big mistake
To pay for these commitments, we will -• Cut councillors' allowances and expenses
• Audit councils' performance externally
• Slash fat-cat pay deals for senior council staff
• Limit the number of high-paid council employees
• Restrict councils' advertising and self-promotion budgets
• Sell surplus council land
• Abolish non-essential and "politically-correct" services
• Leave the EU
• Drop the EU Landfill Directive, which costs each council £3 million a year
• Control immigration and the costs of immigration.
• Oppose votes for prisoners
• Halt the scrapping of police jobs.
• Refuse to tolerate any antisocial behaviour or petty crime
• Build more prisons
• Make sentences mean what they say
• Elect county police boards to let local people set police priorities
• Cut police form-filling and free officers for real police work
• Crack down on nuisance neighbours
To pay for these commitments, we will -
• Scrap council non-jobs
• Close unnecessary central government departments and quangos
• End Labour's immigration free-for-all, which let in 3 million in 13 years
• Withhold all State benefits from immigrants for five years
• Introduce proper border controls
• Increase UK Border Agency staff as needed
• Freeze permanent immigration for five years until we sort out the system
• Deport all illegal immigrants
• Target working visas only on those with the skills we need
To pay for these commitments, we will -
• End benefits in cash or in kind for all non-Britons
• Put people's wishes above central government and big business with planning referenda
• Ban new windfarms and subject existing ones to democratic local planning procedures
• Protect with new Conservators
• Annul the Localism Bill's right to build on green belt
• Direct new housing and business developments to brown-field, not green-field, sites
• Build new nuclear and clean-coal power plants to secure our energy supply
• Use existing houses more efficiently by encouraging rentals
To pay for these commitments, we will -
• Close the Climate Change Department, saving up to £18 billion a year
• End wasteful EU and UK subsidies to ugly, cost-ineffective "renewable energy" scams
• Stop all payments to the IPCC and other UN climate-related agencies
• Let the people elect county health boards to oversee vital services
• Halt all cuts in front-line NHS doctors, surgeons, dentists and nurses
• Axe failing, surplus NHS management
• Reintroduce proper matrons to run clean hospitals
• Make specialist care available as needed, to save lives now lost through delay
• Cut waiting lists to European levels - Poland treats cancer faster than we do
To pay for these commitments, we will -
• End free access to health care for non-Britons• Require all visitors to exhibit adequate health insurance at the port of entry• Introduce lifelong private insurance against the costs of long-term care
• Let the people elect county education boards to make our schools better
• Scrap useless paperwork and trust teachers to do their jobs
• Build more Grammar Schools
• Insist that schools teach the 3 Rs
• Close colleges using bogus courses as a back door into Britain for foreign students
• Reinstate the student grant and educational maintenance allowance
• Encourage vocational apprenticeships
• Give parents the right to choose where their children go to school
• Protect rural schools
• Encourage home schooling
To pay for these commitments, we will -• Let head teachers decide whether a qualified teacher is fit to teach
• Encourage major universities to pay their way by offering online degrees
• Restore proper controls on immigration to ease the demand for housing
• Incentivise re-use of 970,000 empty houses, equal to 8 years' English house-building
To pay for these commitments, we will -
• Audit all council-owned and State-owned property
• Sell most surplus or disused State-owned property
• Let the people decide on local transport infrastructure by calling binding referenda
• Reopen local railway lines where needed
• Preserve wayleaves of disused railway lines in case they are needed again
• Halt widespread over-zealousness in parking enforcement
• Remove all speed cameras, except those proven to reduce accidents or demanded by the community
• Provide free parking at all hospitals
• Protect free parking for Blue Badge holders
• Protect rural bus services
To pay for these commitments, we will -
• Tax foreign lorries using British roads
• Put all road maintenance out to compulsory,
• independently-assessed tender
• Sell Network Rail to the private sector
BUT, whatever we, the people, want or decide...
UKIP would like to point out that unelected EU bureaucrats set overall policy in -
We will -
• Empower local people by giving you the right to call binding referenda on local issues
• Let you, the people, decide major planning schemes like supermarkets by referendum
• Grant no right of appeal from the people's decisions on planning schemes • Introduce election for county health, education and police boards.
• Expect your councillors to put the people's needs first, ahead of party dogmas.
• Make councils, schools, police, hospitals, planning and social care put local people first
• Keep central government out of local government
• Abolish regional government
• Restore our ancient county, borough and parish councils
• Let councils control their own finances by keeping half of local business rates
• Replace VAT with a Local Sales Tax, with a proportion going direct to councils.
Council services: No front-line cuts
To maintain and improve front-line council services, we will -• Halt all cuts to front-line council services
• Keep police on the beat to protect the people from anti-social behaviour• Improve health care for the elderly
• Develop youth services
• Maintain the roads properly• Give rates relief to local businesses
• Increase provision of free parking• Invest in high-quality state education
• Preserve our public libraries• Improve public transport
• Energise the voluntary sector
• Devolve budgets, not burdens
• End aspirational waffle about local communities.
• The Big Society is a big mistake
To pay for these commitments, we will -• Cut councillors' allowances and expenses
• Audit councils' performance externally
• Slash fat-cat pay deals for senior council staff
• Limit the number of high-paid council employees
• Restrict councils' advertising and self-promotion budgets
• Sell surplus council land
• Abolish non-essential and "politically-correct" services
• Leave the EU
• Drop the EU Landfill Directive, which costs each council £3 million a year
• Control immigration and the costs of immigration.
Protecting local people from crime
To keep the people and the streets safe, we will -• Oppose votes for prisoners
• Halt the scrapping of police jobs.
• Refuse to tolerate any antisocial behaviour or petty crime
• Build more prisons
• Make sentences mean what they say
• Elect county police boards to let local people set police priorities
• Cut police form-filling and free officers for real police work
• Crack down on nuisance neighbours
To pay for these commitments, we will -
• Scrap council non-jobs
• Close unnecessary central government departments and quangos
Immigration: Britain for the British first
To cut immigration and the heavy cost of immigration, we will -• End Labour's immigration free-for-all, which let in 3 million in 13 years
• Withhold all State benefits from immigrants for five years
• Introduce proper border controls
• Increase UK Border Agency staff as needed
• Freeze permanent immigration for five years until we sort out the system
• Deport all illegal immigrants
• Target working visas only on those with the skills we need
To pay for these commitments, we will -
• End benefits in cash or in kind for all non-Britons
Planning for our green and pleasant land
To put the people in charge of the decisions that affect our countryside, we will -• Put people's wishes above central government and big business with planning referenda
• Ban new windfarms and subject existing ones to democratic local planning procedures
• Protect with new Conservators
• Annul the Localism Bill's right to build on green belt
• Direct new housing and business developments to brown-field, not green-field, sites
• Build new nuclear and clean-coal power plants to secure our energy supply
• Use existing houses more efficiently by encouraging rentals
To pay for these commitments, we will -
• Close the Climate Change Department, saving up to £18 billion a year
• End wasteful EU and UK subsidies to ugly, cost-ineffective "renewable energy" scams
• Stop all payments to the IPCC and other UN climate-related agencies
Health: Sorting out the National Health Service
To keep the health service safe and protect our elderly and disabled people, we will -• Let the people elect county health boards to oversee vital services
• Halt all cuts in front-line NHS doctors, surgeons, dentists and nurses
• Axe failing, surplus NHS management
• Reintroduce proper matrons to run clean hospitals
• Make specialist care available as needed, to save lives now lost through delay
• Cut waiting lists to European levels - Poland treats cancer faster than we do
To pay for these commitments, we will -
• End free access to health care for non-Britons• Require all visitors to exhibit adequate health insurance at the port of entry• Introduce lifelong private insurance against the costs of long-term care
Education: Put pupils and parents first
To bring Britain's education up to international standards, we will -• Let the people elect county education boards to make our schools better
• Scrap useless paperwork and trust teachers to do their jobs
• Build more Grammar Schools
• Insist that schools teach the 3 Rs
• Close colleges using bogus courses as a back door into Britain for foreign students
• Reinstate the student grant and educational maintenance allowance
• Encourage vocational apprenticeships
• Give parents the right to choose where their children go to school
• Protect rural schools
• Encourage home schooling
To pay for these commitments, we will -• Let head teachers decide whether a qualified teacher is fit to teach
• Encourage major universities to pay their way by offering online degrees
Housing: Local British people first
To address the housing shortage caused by 3 million immigrants in 13 years, we will -• Restore proper controls on immigration to ease the demand for housing
• Incentivise re-use of 970,000 empty houses, equal to 8 years' English house-building
To pay for these commitments, we will -
• Audit all council-owned and State-owned property
• Sell most surplus or disused State-owned property
Transport: Keeping our communities on the move
To keep Britain moving, we will -• Let the people decide on local transport infrastructure by calling binding referenda
• Reopen local railway lines where needed
• Preserve wayleaves of disused railway lines in case they are needed again
• Halt widespread over-zealousness in parking enforcement
• Remove all speed cameras, except those proven to reduce accidents or demanded by the community
• Provide free parking at all hospitals
• Protect free parking for Blue Badge holders
• Protect rural bus services
To pay for these commitments, we will -
• Tax foreign lorries using British roads
• Put all road maintenance out to compulsory,
• independently-assessed tender
• Sell Network Rail to the private sector
BUT, whatever we, the people, want or decide...
UKIP would like to point out that unelected EU bureaucrats set overall policy in -
• Foreign affairs
• Economic affairs
• Public health
• Transport
• Justice
• Energy
• Employment
• Environment
• Police
• Farming
• Social affairs
• Fisheries
• Immigration
• Law enforcement
And They won't stop there. That is why we want our national and our local democracy back. If you want it too, vote UKIP with pride.The Truth about EU FDI in Britain
http://www.brugesgroup.com/eu/does-the-eus-single-market-encourage-fdi-into-the-uk.htm
Interesting to see the misconception that not being in the EU will hinder economic growth is highlighted by this article. This is one of the fallacies the Europhiles try to portray as a bedrock to their arguments.
Interesting to see the misconception that not being in the EU will hinder economic growth is highlighted by this article. This is one of the fallacies the Europhiles try to portray as a bedrock to their arguments.
Friday 9 March 2012
Lies, Deceit and Deception
The 3 main parties have fudged, lied and deceived over the UK's membership of the EU. UKIP will expose this and hold them to account. They have chosen to disenfranchise the whole population to maintain their europhile tendencies or to stop their parties disintegrating. Below are some points to consider:
1) The UK has nothing to fear but everything to gain from leaving the EU - look at the current parlous state of the EU.
2) The citizens of the UK have a democratic right to have a voice over ongoing membership of the EU - especially when the initial treaties have changed beyond recognition.
3) Is it realistic to say that if the UK leaves the EU, Europe will stop trading with us? Being a close trading partner is as much in their interests it is in ours.
4) Is the UK so full of self doubt, self consciousness and over reliance that we are incapable of managing our own economic and political affairs?
5) The money saved from leaving the EU could be used to pay down the deficit and also help to stimulate the economy.
These are a few of the overwhelming reasons for leaving the EU.
UKIP Basingstoke
1) The UK has nothing to fear but everything to gain from leaving the EU - look at the current parlous state of the EU.
2) The citizens of the UK have a democratic right to have a voice over ongoing membership of the EU - especially when the initial treaties have changed beyond recognition.
3) Is it realistic to say that if the UK leaves the EU, Europe will stop trading with us? Being a close trading partner is as much in their interests it is in ours.
4) Is the UK so full of self doubt, self consciousness and over reliance that we are incapable of managing our own economic and political affairs?
5) The money saved from leaving the EU could be used to pay down the deficit and also help to stimulate the economy.
These are a few of the overwhelming reasons for leaving the EU.
UKIP Basingstoke
Tuesday 6 March 2012
UK - Do we want to take back our country
There are some serious questions that we need to ask ourselves - do we want to take back our nation from Europe? Do we want to guarantee our self-determination? Do we want to continue to finance nameless/faceless Eurocrats?
The only way to say no to these and more questions is to vote or join UKIP!
The only way to say no to these and more questions is to vote or join UKIP!
Basingstoke Tories
Looks like the Basingstoke Tories have taken exception to UKIP setting up in Basingstoke - they targeted one of our bloggers. Never mind - truth will always out as they say!
We will continue to say we need a Referendum on the EU and we need it now - none of the three main parties trust the voters enough to go to them WE DO!!
Support UKIP to get your country back
We will continue to say we need a Referendum on the EU and we need it now - none of the three main parties trust the voters enough to go to them WE DO!!
Support UKIP to get your country back
Sunday 4 March 2012
UKIP Basingstoke Aims & Promises
To the voters of Basingstoke:
We will be a party of honour and dignity
We will be open, honest and transparent in our dealings with you
We will ALWAYS put your interests first - before party
We pledge to invest our time and effort to make Basingstoke a safer and more prosperous town
It is the parties stated aim to hold a referendum on the EU - leaving the EU is the goal (this has been denied to you by the three main parties who think they know better than you the electorate)
All money saved will be re-invested in YOU the people - who's money it is in the first place
It is with humbleness that we ask for your support in Basingstoke
With Thanks
Basingstoke UKIP
We will be a party of honour and dignity
We will be open, honest and transparent in our dealings with you
We will ALWAYS put your interests first - before party
We pledge to invest our time and effort to make Basingstoke a safer and more prosperous town
It is the parties stated aim to hold a referendum on the EU - leaving the EU is the goal (this has been denied to you by the three main parties who think they know better than you the electorate)
All money saved will be re-invested in YOU the people - who's money it is in the first place
It is with humbleness that we ask for your support in Basingstoke
With Thanks
Basingstoke UKIP
New Branch - UKIP Basingstoke
There is a new Basingstoke branch of UKIP and we hold regular monthly meetings on the 1st Thursday of each month at the Ex-Serviceman's Club in Basingstoke starting at 7pm. All are most kindly welcomed. The next meeting will be 5th April 2012.
Basingstoke UKIP
Basingstoke UKIP
Nigel Farage in Basingstoke - UKIP Basingstoke
Nigel Farage (UKIP leader) will be in Basingstoke Friday 20th April 2012 for a meeting at Carnival Hall starting at 7pm - all are welcome and we hope to see you there!
Manydown - the Basingstoke UKIP view
Whilst this is a very impassioned and emotive issue for all concerned it is only right, fair and just that all those areas that are open to be developed should be assessed for viability. We should not be taking one area over another or allowing for political expediency. This is about Basingstoke as a whole and a bit of straight talking and non-partisanship would be helpful from all concerned.
UKIP support for Basingstoke FC move
Basingstoke UKIP offers its wholehearted support to Basingstoke Football Club in its planned move to a new stadium. It would be a major boost to the town and its profile - we should applaud the foresight of all those involved at the club. We would also like to commend Costello Tecnology College and the Hilton Hotel for their vocal support for the proposed move - which is seen as mutually beneficial.
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