Speaking as one of the 958, I think 958 candidates is a good start. The important thing to stress, it seems to me, is that without a strong local government base poliitcal parties all too often risk either becoming out-of-touch with the ordinary man, woman, child and dog in the street; and moreover, by contesting municipal elections we will hopefully help destroy the myth that UKIP is a single-issue party.
By way of an aside, may one be permitted to ask whether members (and particularly candidates) favour the retention of the first-past-the-post voting system for local government elections in England, Scotland and Wales, or the introduction of the single transferable vote (which, incidentally, already applies to local government elections in Northern Ireland)?
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