tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181092046843455755.post2800499898996397338..comments2017-08-22T22:07:20.383-07:00Comments on RobBlog: Newark – Farage’s great gamble?RobbyRoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176362732611526974noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181092046843455755.post-40474157389709975052014-04-30T15:23:23.622-07:002014-04-30T15:23:23.622-07:00I broadly agree with you but feel you may under es...I broadly agree with you but feel you may under estimate the potential of UKIP at Westminster. Farage is moulding a party which resembles a 80s Conservative Party and is very attractive to many traditional Tory voters of a certain age who simply just don't recognise the modern Conservative Party. <br /><br />Prime Minister Cameron talks of gay marriage, of building on the green belt, of grand projects like HS2 and of free schools. Policies which are alien to Tory voters who are traditionalists, the party of England's green and pleasant land and grammar schools.<br /><br />In trying to modernise, Cameron has drifted away from the core and Farage has jumped in, don't believe the media hype, UKIP will take many more votes from the Conservatives than it will from Labour. Labour voters, while receptive to the policies still see a posh, private school educated former banker in a suit!<br /><br />For what it's worth, no party has the right position on Europe, Britain does not need a referendum at the moment when our economy remains in the toilet and we are still borrowing money at an alarming rate.<br /><br />The UK has more power than it thinks, the EU secretly respects the fact we stayed out of the doomed Euro and knows should we walk the whole enterprise will shatter.<br /><br />RobbyRoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176362732611526974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181092046843455755.post-57053731808855918532014-04-29T23:38:07.004-07:002014-04-29T23:38:07.004-07:00I think your reading of the situation is pretty mu...I think your reading of the situation is pretty much on the ball. I feel that the electorate see the Euro elections very differently to parliamentary ones. Most of us can't name our Euro MP, so there will be more Tory & Labour voters switching to UKIP, based on the EEC issue. Most people want out. UKIP's other policies will stop them succeeding in Westminster elections. The 2 main parties need to address out distrust of Europe either my educating us to realise we are wrong on the issue, or my taking our views on board and representing us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com