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Originally Posted by Independent UKIP
I don't personally get the impression he/she supports the EDs & he/she certainly doesn't support the UK Independence Party.
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Permit me to clarify my position.
I no longer support the EDP. Quite the opposite: I now oppose them, but
not the objective of a Parliament for England.
It is accurate to say that I do not support UKIP, but neither do I oppose them.
Indeed, I did not vote in the EU elections in 2004 for a number of reasons. I decided that, on balance, no useful purpose would be served by voting, even for UKIP. On the other hand, the credibility of those elections was diminished by the huge number of abstentions including mine.
In addition, I had a long established right arbitrarily removed by this shabby government - that of voting in person at a Polling Station. This was a right not removed in Scotland, nor Wales nor in the midlands and south of England.
I am also suspicious of Postal Balloting, the only method available to me, especially conducted on the scale it now is. It also interferes significantly, and in my opinion adversely, with election campaigning.
Finally, I prefer to have the option of voting for candidates (rather than be restricted to voting for parties), but that is another long established feature of elections in England arbitrarily removed without the consent of the electorate.
As I have said before, if UKIP modifies its policy about England appropriately, I shall apply for membership. Besides, UKIP would see off the EDP if it adopted a policy supporting a separate parliament & executive for England.