Apart from a hardened core of often rather unpleasant activists the Lib Dem vote is fairly fluid .The founders of UKIP were ,in the main I believe , Liberals of the old school .
In my opinion we are very foolish to ignore the potential votes from the Lib Dems. .To openly pursue the Tory vote and thereby act as a pressure group upon the Tory Party is something of a cul de sac ,however popular it might make Farage in some quarters .
With our policies of small govt ,low tax ,personal freedom ,reduced immigration we can still appeal to a wide cross section of voters ,indeed in the city areas we appeal to the old Labour voters .
I do agree with Farage that we are the voice of the opposition to the big three and therefore we should use that postion to glean votes from ALL three parties .
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