UKIP in Turmoil

[AgnesIO]

Douglas Carswell clashes with UKIP officials over money

A major stand-off has developed between senior UKIP figures and the party's only MP over public money they are entitled to receive.


UKIP is entitled to around £650,000 of what's known as Short money which goes to opposition parties to help finance their backroom operations.

Douglas Carswell was approached by UKIP's party secretary on Monday and asked to recruit 15 extra staff for his parliamentary office.

The Clacton MP rejected the proposal.

He made it clear he was not going to agree to the plan which sources close to him have described as "improper".It is also believed the Essex MP thinks spending that amount of taxpayers' money is "not what we're about".

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32707357

Well, well, well. That didn't take long. The party can't even agree with its only MP! Some UKIP MEP's are standing up for Carswell, which is lucky, really.

[GommeInc]

Hardly turmoil It's over nothing really, just principles. Good on him for not wanting to waste money on staff he doesn't really think he needs.

[AgnesIO]

Hardly turmoil It's over nothing really, just principles. Good on him for not wanting to waste money on staff he doesn't really think he needs.

I took inspiration from the rest of the threads in this section

I side with Carswell, shame UKIP is just looking to milk the taxpayer for the sake of doing so.

[MKR&*42]

It's good that he's actually sticking to his principles, very admirable.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Apparently Farage has now outflanked Carswell by arguing that none of the money should be accepted.

http://order-order.com/2015/05/15/fa...TqX-jtvoODoVLA

[AgnesIO]

Apparently Farage has now outflanked Carswell by arguing that none of the money should be accepted.

http://order-order.com/2015/05/15/fa...TqX-jtvoODoVLA

Yeah, he said this on Question Time last night. Seems odd.