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Originally Posted by mrabody
UKIP can certainly afford it. I'm a member of the Surrey Committee, and another member once commented to me that if you look around the table at a committee meeting, you are staring at a combined worth of the people sitting there of £20m+. I think that if asked there are plenty of UKIPers who are prepared to stump up £50 or £100+ every month to make sure that Nigel's salary and expenses are met. .
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As always, its getting people to put their hands in their pockets. And I think you'd be surprised about the source of funds too. In my humble experience, the bulk of donations come from people who really can't afford it, while those with a considerable net worth tend to hang on to it at all costs. I was once told of a UKIP meeting where the cars parked outside alone were worth over £ 500k, and the attendees net worth was some £80m+, arguing that they couldn't afford a billboard campaign because they were £ 5,000 short. There are those who'll risk their own cash, but they are few and far between.
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