UKIP to stand aside and campaign for Eurosceptic Tory and Labour MPs
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/elec...ti-Europe.html
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UKIP today unveiled the campaign slogan 'Sod The Lot' as it urged voters to ditch the three main parties.But, at the same time, the party said it would stand aside to let a string of Eurosceptic Tory and Labour candidates have a clear-run in marginal seats. So far UKIP has identified six Tories, one Labour MP and at least one independent who it will not field candidates against because they are 'committed' opponents of the European Union. At the launch of its election campaign, UKIP leader Lord Pearson of Rannoch said the party could deliberately stand aside in as many as 15 constituencies. The staunchly anti-EU party has taken the decision because it does not want its votes to potentially cost a Eurosceptic candidate - including sitting MPs - a marginal seat. UKIP will actively campaign to elect these candidates but Lord Pearson was at pains to say they had not asked for his help.
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The party's new poster features the faces of Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg alongside the slogan 'Sod The Lot'. UKIP leader Lord Pearson of Rannoch said it was time for a new politics and argued that leaving the EU would save up to £120 billion a year - with no jobs or trade lost from Britain. After securing the election of 13 MEPs in the last European elections, UKIP is hoping to make a breakthrough with the election of its first MP in a Westminster election, and is standing 550 candidates - including Lord Pearson's wife, Caroline. In particular, it is targeting the Buckingham constituency of Commons Speaker John Bercow, where the party's former leader Nigel Farage is standing.
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Mr Farage said the election campaign so far had been a 'piddling irrelevance' and the mainstream parties had not addressed the reality of the UK's economic problems. He added: 'It really is time for some straight talking. We are skint. We need some massive cutbacks in the public sector. 'We can't have our own immigration and asylum policy if we remain members of this European Union.' In its manifesto, Ukip promises an 'end to uncontrolled mass immigration'. Britain would leave the EU, and workers from within the Union would require work permits to enter the UK.
There would be an immediate five-year immigration freeze followed by a new stricter points-based system. It reaffirms a plan to ban Muslim face coverings such as the burkha and pledges to 'scrap political correctness in public affairs'. The prison population - currently 84,000 - would be doubled. Lord Pearson named the Conservative candidates Ukip would not run against as Philip Davies (Shipley), Douglas Carswell (Clacton), Janice Small (Batley and Spen), Alex Story (Wakefield), and Philip Hollobone (Kettering). It will also not run against Labour's David Drew in Stroud and independent Bob Spink in Castle Point.
This could very well swing the election in favour of the Conservatives, it depends on the marginal seats really and how much the vote is split. I think its a good move as we need more MPs in parliament who represent the people over the European Union issue in which the vast majority of the British people wish to withdraw from. The polls at the moment show the Conservatives are still away from the 6%+ swing needed to swing the key marginal seats which could result in a hung paliament.
For more information on the polls see the UK Polling Report; http://www.ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/
Thoughts, and whats your party political stance?
