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What motivates the leaders of the United Kingdom Independence Party?


Friday, August 20, 2004 

Message from UKIP's Darlington Candidate.

I have received the following message in response to my post beneath this:-

Martin, you have put far to bleak a picture on the Darlington by-election, from scratch two people tried to fight a ward that has as a norm has 3 councillors, they tried to fight the ward against 4 established parties with better resources on the ground, this is the first time that i am aware of that UKIP has fought a council seat in Darlington, so this can only be regarded as a first step, yes a recruitment drive is required not just in Darlington but throughout the North East, yes more support and direction from HO is required, we need to establish a good media profile within the region and so on. On comparison with last election we can see that in reality the BNP have in no way shape or form forced UKIP into last place, in fact looking at previous results i would say that UKIP took the BNPs voters from them and perhaps a couple from the Tories aswell, the build up of UKIP in the region will be a long haul, i do see this result very different from yourself for several reasons, i know that in Darlington the BNP is well established and has good pockets of support who can be depended upon to get out onto the stump, the leg work by UKIP i can assue you was put in albeit by only two people and finally i was the candidate.

Darlington Borough - North Road: Lib Dem 789, Lab 571, C 119, BNP 87, UK Independence Party 61.
(May 2003 - Three seats Lib Dem 963, 881, Lab 818 734, 696, Lib Dem 690, C 211, 197, BNP 154). Lib Dem hold. Swing 4.2% Lab to Lib Dem.

REGARDS

Dave Davies

Fair enough Dave, from that background I take your point The recent history of UKIP's in the North East certainly cannot have been any help. The party's organisation and Regional Committee having been been deliberately destroyed by Nigel Farage's EEC manipulations, the scandal shamed Piers Merchant having been foisted on the region as June's lead MEP candidate and of course having the disgraced Peter Troy frequently in the pages of your local daily paper - the renowned Northern Echo - while still and unaccountably hanging on as UKIP's Branch Chairman in neighbouring Sedgefield.... given all that and the Hartlepool no-show of the leadership as WESTMINSTER candidates - Well Done indeed!

It does make Farage's bravado in yesterday's The Times look pretty foolish though!

posted by Martin |4:46 PM
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