The following is an extract from an article written by Mr. Iain Dale (a Conservative candidate in Norfolk at the last General Election) which has been published on his blog today:
“On Vox Politix last night, UKIP Deputy Leader David Campbell-Bannerman made an astonishing claim. He reckons that, under a little noticed clause in the new EU Constitution Reform Treaty, British political parties will not be able to put up their own candidates at the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections. Instead, they will have to go under their European Group banners. My ghast is well and truly flabbered. David insisted it was true and has promised to send me the evidence. Is UKIP spreading one of these EU myths that we hear so much about or are they telling it as it is?”
To read the responses to this article from readers of Mr. Dale’s blog please click on the following link, scroll down the page after doing so and select the comments link below the article:
Iain Dale's Diary