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What motivates the leaders of the United Kingdom Independence Party?


Monday, May 24, 2004 

Telegraph Leader Concludes Euroscepticism Cannot be Stopped!

The following are the opening paragraphs of the Daily Telegrapgh's Leading Article this morning:-

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UKIP scoring on the anti-Brussels card
(Filed: 24/05/2004)

According to our YouGov survey, the UK Independence Party is set to emerge as the big winner at the European election on June 10, beating the Liberal Democrats into fourth place.

All the normal caveats about opinion polls apply, of course; but any result along these lines would revolutionise the European debate. With 17 days to go, it is hard to see what the mainstream parties can do about UKIP.

They could point out that the party has more than its fair share of freaks and obsessives. They could dismiss it as a single-issue movement, with no prospect of forming a government. They could portray it as kooky, inept and hopelessly divided. There would be a measure of truth in all these charges.

But the voters don't seem to care. They are not backing UKIP because they want to see Robert Kilroy-Silk in Downing Street, but because they wish to send a signal to all the parties about Brussels' interference in our national affairs.

It is a remarkable feature of public opinion that, depending on how the question is asked, between 35 and 45 per cent of people want to leave the EU - despite this position not being advocated by any major party, newspaper or politician. UKIP is engaging in clever niche-marketing, presenting itself as the plain-speaking alternative to a cartel of Euro-philes
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The editorial titled ' UKIP scoring on the anti-Brussels card' is linked from here

posted by Martin |7:44 AM
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