Originally Posted by a swansong 4 europe

Is this the same Bob Spink that just ten days ago said he was "going to stand as an independent Conservative" and also, apparently, caused a bit of 'racial tension' by running an advert in the 2005 GE saying "what bit of 'send them back' don't you understand Mr Blair?" He also lost his seat in 1997 and then had to win it back.

Yes, deffinately a major boost for UKIP! Seriously, is THAT the sort of MP that UKIP wants? Or is it just another case of scraping the barrel? Still, I suppose it should do the UKIP campaign a little bit of good, but not too much as it wont help in their efforts to ditch the racist image the party has been accused of in the past.

I would urge caution here, seriously!

PS Why did'nt he do this in time to boost UKIP's election broadcast? The whole thing seems a bit suss to me.