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What motivates the leaders of the United Kingdom Independence Party?


Friday, January 30, 2004 

Could Terrorism be an Electoral Turn-Off?

While the likes of Robert A McWhirter, UKIP Chairman Southwark and Bermondsey Branch, might believe support for terrorism is a sure-fire vote winner, results from the real electorate would seem to indicate otherwise.

This by-election seems to bare this out, albeit one that appears to have been forgotten by UKIP Press Officer, Mark Croucher. Namely, last week's result of Canterbury's North Nailbourne Ward by-election. As pointed out elsewhere, 'neither has, Nigel Farage, UKIP's uncrowned Leader and South East England MEP, strutted forth from his doom-laden Ashford bunker with a big smile on his face.'

The reason, sadly, is plain for all to see - UKIP polled just 26 votes (2.4%) of the poll - just five votes ahead of the Labour Party candidate who now, incidentally, holds the unenviable record of having achieved Labour's worse ever result in Kent.

In October UKIP polled 4.1% (37 votes) in nearby Margate Central ward - a result that was described at the time as "unrepresentative" and "a glitch" - how right they were! How Nigel must be looking back nostalgically to the
heady days of October last!

Full result: Canterbury, North Nailbourne Ward.

Conservative 544, Liberal-Democrat 478, UKIP 26, Labour 21.


posted by Martin |10:16 AM
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