Britannist.
The Labour Party are dying on their backs here in the South East. We beat them in a local by-election in Winchester a few months ago when they got 1.5% of the vote.
In Havant and Pompey they are in a terrible state and yet these should be some of their southern powerhouses. What UKIP need to do is start appealing to former Labour voters in the south-east rather than just the Tories (although we have a natural constituency there as well) and it is down to those on the ground to start working the wards. I honestly feel we can start replacing Labour in some of these constituencies. Particularly the ones like Portsmouth South that are now strongly LibDem. Labours vote that transferred to them was originally a "stop the Tories, anti-war" vote. Now they would be looking for a new home as the LDs do not offer any real policies and Labour is seen as a busted flush. We can offer disillusioned voters of both of the major parties a home with our policy platforms.
But they won't come to us, we must come to them. Too often in the past we have expected the voters to vote for us without any commitment from ourselves. This is idiotic and should stop now.
To be fair to the EDs in Pompey, the ones I have met have been nice guys who work hard for the vote and if any of them want to defect I would be happy to work with them to build a real alternative for the people of Hampshire. :-)
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