1. There is no loyalty to Britain in London. The small amount there is fractured between the small parties and the BNP take the small, but at least worthy of a seat and deposit return 5%. That is a combination of racists and desperate to send the most anti message possible.
London has barely anyone who gives a toss about England or Britain left, hence parties that put that up as a selling point, seem to lose votes, rather than gain.
2. UKIP really did balls up with the seats they did win. Everything should have been doen to pull Hockers and Harvey back in, just like Labour did with Red Ken. Sadly the leadership put ego before party and hence UKIP are in the mess they are today. All this bluster about being better off without them is just that. Smaller parties like UKIP need to make the most of their elected positions. Throwing them away and not trying to get them back is unforgivable.
3. The reason I left. UKIP as a full package is just not going to do it in many places. Sure it will flare up in some areas, but places like London will always be impossible to crack as things stand. Now if all the party wants to be is an anti-EU protest vote, then fine. But I have to say, have the Tories been pushed in anyway so far? No. UKIP members even fall back in line and support them when the right boogieman is held up. This strategy has failed and is failing. If you want to change the Tories, I think it will have to be from within. Even then, you are going to have to be devious about it.
4. Stop worrying about crappy little parties. If all the crappy little parites joined together tomorrow, they still would be irrelevant. LibLabCon are the only focus. They are the power holders by a long shot. The rest are simply not worth thinking about.
5. I hate to say this (as I could never be part of such a party), but if you are going to try and fight evil. You are going to have to play them at their own game. The British public clearly like picking liars and cheats. Obviously ones that can hide most of it, but basically people who will just look at an area and tell them what they want to hear.
6. I am at a loss for this final point, but getting the MSM to give some sort of support is required. Do whatever it takes. Kiss up to them. Buy them dinners. Offer to change certain policies to what they want, hell go into their office and ask them what THEY would like UKIP to offer. Do anything basically yo get some sort of reasonable media coverage, rather than the odd spot when the boot gets put in more often than not.
7. Make sure people like me are FAaaaaaar way from the party. You need people who see it as a career, people who are willing to say whatever needs to be said to win power. Someone who doesn't post on open forums (at least not under their real name).
Take the gloves off and play them at their own game. It's the only thing I can think of doing now. The British people lap that sort of thing up. As I said though, that being the case, maybe joining the old lot is the only game left. Don't do a Ron Paul though and blow your cover.
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