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Saturday, November 29, 2003 

UKIP's Daily Telegraph Advertisement

Barbara Booker yesterday raised the following grave questions concerning the present methods and legality of UKIP's fundraising campaign:

I see that, unlike UKIP's previous ads in the Daily Mail, the one in today's Telegraph is not attributed to a sponsor. Who then is paying for it? We know from the party treasurer's e-mail that the SE regional committee refuses to take responsibility for Ashford, and although this operation has apparently been running since June it does not appear to be registered with the Electoral Commission as a separate accounting unit. That only leaves the party's head office to make reports to the Commission as required by the PPERA.

Does this mean the treasurer's concerns about Ashford's use of national data, and the non-provision of accounts by Nigel Farage, have now been satisfied? Has the NEC received the written agreement about indemnifying the party from losses or other liabilities that Mr
de Roeck said was important? And most important of all, can Daily Telegraph readers who respond to the ad be assured that their donations and membership subscriptions will go to the UK Independence Party as the ad implies, rather than to 'UKIP South East Region'?

It's odd that if these contentious issues have indeed been happily resolved, no-one has thought to mention it. It would make such a pleasant change from reading about party expulsions, legal action and banned e-mails!


The internet forum from which we took this posting has had nothing in the way of a reply posted by any responsible party official.

We suggest still-remaining party members should insist on answers to these serious questions from the Party Leader, Chairman or any NEC Member.

posted by Martin |8:42 AM
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