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Originally Posted by Mikeuk
Most Tories are natural UKIP supporters....
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There is very little difference between a gathering of UKIP supporters and a meeting of Conservative members at 'grass roots' level.
UKIP rightly want out of the EU and Conservative members 'out in the constituencies' are pretty fed up with the EU too and most want big changes to our 'relationship' with the EU with a large number wanting out of it altogether.
A poll by Conservative Home a year or two ago showed that about 45% of Conservative respondents picked UKIP as their second preference (i.e. as their party of choice if they could not vote Conservative due to their not being a Conservative candidate in their ward/constituency).
There are, of course, quite a few Labour supporters who don't like the EU and who might vote UKIP (at least in EU Elections if not at a General Election and in local polls too).