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Britannist · 09-04-2006, 08:51 PM

Further to the posting (above) on 4.4.2006 at 2.15 pm:

From the fanatically pro-EU Independent on Sunday newspaper Diary by Christopher Silvester 9.4.2006:

Is the following further evidence that members of UKIP are “fruitcakes”, as David Cameron says? A UKIP candidate in the local elections is insisting he will claim no campaign expenses . Colin Merton, an agreeably eccentric octegenarian, is standing in the West End ward of Westminster (in the May 2006 local elections). “My campaign will have expenses of zero pence.” says Merton “I’m not going to bother with leaflets because they’re a waste of time . I will get around by bus doing my canvassing, and given that I have a freedom pass for the elderly that will cost me nothing. ” He will not even be buying a rosette. “I still have one from last year’s General Election campaign.” Merton, who lives in his Mayfair gentlemen’s club, is an unmissable figure in his three-piece Mr. Toad-style tweed suits. One of his advantages when canvassing is that he is pretty deaf and cannot hear the insults thrown at him by Cameroons .

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Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Mr. Merton Further to the posting (above) on 4.4.2006 at 2.15 pm: From the fanatically pro-EU Independent on Sunday newspaper Diary by Christopher Silvester 9.4.2006: Is the following further evidence that members of UKIP are “fruitcakes”, as David Cameron says? A UKIP candidate in the local elections is insisting he will claim no campaign expenses . Colin Merton, an agreeably eccentric octegenarian, is standing in the West End ward of Westminster (in the May 2006 local elections). “My campaign will have expenses of zero pence.” says Merton “I’m not going to bother with leaflets because they’re a waste of time . I will get around by bus doing my canvassing, and given that I have a freedom pass for the elderly that will cost me nothing. ” He will not even be buying a rosette. “I still have one from last year’s General Election campaign.” Merton, who lives in his Mayfair gentlemen’s club, is an unmissable figure in his three-piece Mr. Toad-style tweed suits. One of his advantages when canvassing is that he is pretty deaf and cannot hear the insults thrown at him by Cameroons .