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The following is a summarised version of the views of Mr. Nigel Farage on domestic matters and the future of UKIP (the full version of which he has added to his UKIP leadership campaign website in recent days):

Mr. Nigel Farage MEP says his plans for UKIP are: “UKIP is a nationally known party with brand recognition. People know what we stand for regarding the EU but this is not enough for us to make a breakthrough at Westminster. We are a national political party and we must begin to act like one. The Scottish National Party tried until the 1970’s to be a single issue group but it was not until they became serious about local elections that they made the breakthrough into Parliament (the House of Commons).

UKIP is not hidebound by over a century of ‘left’/’right dogma - our proposals for local referendums, local policing and local democracy set us apart from the traditional parties. We should not see local elections as an opportunity to put out leaflets about the EU but must fight on local issues. UKIP must fight General Elections as a genuine party on a full manifesto (and not just concentrate on the EU in far-away Brussels) – we are already the real voice of opposition, the only party standing up against the cosy consensus of the Lib/Lab/Cons.

We are a unique brand. Nationalist with a small ‘n’, libertarian, and in favour of small government and Parliamentary sovereignty. We are opposed to unlimited immigration, high taxes and bureaucracy. But what we lack is an overall vision. My task as leader would be to provide this vision.

I would, as leader of UKIP, continue the process started earlier this year (2006) when we started focussing on five policy areas with our ‘the right thing to do’ initiative. I have been with UKIP from the very beginning. I have watched our party grow from a rag-tag army of political rookies into the UK’s 4th largest political party in just over a decade. This process of growth must continue, and to do this we need a leader with the experience and political vision to make it happen. I believe I am the only candidate who can do this."

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The following is the list of declared supporters of David Campbell-Bannerman (Chairman of UKIP) who is standing for the leadership of UKIP. The list below contains all the names on the first list of declared supporters (of Mr. Campbell-Bannerman) published on Mr. Campbell-Bannerman's website earlier this week - but I have presented it in a more condensed format than the copy produced elsewhere in this section of the forum a few days ago. When I wrote the 'easy guide to the four candidates' a week ago, the list had not been published on Mr. Campbell-Bannerman's UKIP leadership candidacy website.

Mr. David Campbell-Bannerman list of declared supporters for his candidacy for the leadership of UKIP:

Proposer: Gerard Batten, MEP (UKIP, London), Seconder: Hugh Williams (Devon south-west), Assentors: Bill Budge (North Cornwall), Mary Budge (North Cornwall), Heather White (North Cornwall), Peter Douglas Mullery (North Cornwall), Rupert Powell (North Cornwall), Michael James Carter (Falmouth & Camborne), Elizabeth Winkfield (Torridge & West Devon branch - Poll Tax Martyr), David Johnson (Torridge & West Devon), Rollo Reid (Christchurch), Rear Admiral Richard Heaslip – South West – Christchurch, Mike Eckel (Christchurch), Lorna Jean Heaslip (Christchurch), George Tarker Stride (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton), Sheilagh Rose (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton), Kenneth M. Wells (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton), David John Davies (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton), Michael Pirkis (Arundel & South Downs), Dorothy Pirkis (Arundel & South Downs), Lynnda Robson (Croydon, Regional Organiser London), Peter Morgan (Croydon branch), John Tyndall (Croydon branch), John Bailey (Croydon branch), Stuart Gulleford (Brentwood & Ongar), Margaret Thorpe (Brentwood & Ongar), Derek William Camp (Brentwood & Ongar), Yvonne Maguire (Brentwood & Ongar), J. C. Pryce (Halan & East Chelmsfield branch), Nikki Sinclaire (Sutton Coldfield - Regional Organiser West Midlands), Mark Natrass (Sutton Coldfield), Derek Bennett (Walsall & Wolverhampton), Bimla Ban (Birmingham), Rachel Jane Oxley (Liverpool Branch), Lisa Duffy (North Manchester & Salford - Chairman NW County Committee), Peter Reeve (North Manchester & Salford), Ronald Beaman (North Manchester & Salford), Philip Smith (Wigan), Catherine Andrea Ritchie (North Manchester & Salford), Hilary Jane Jones (Birkenhead, Wallasey & Wirral - Former Conservative Mayor of Wirral), Henry Frederick Crocker (Birkenhead, Wallasey & Wirral), Michael Walter Sydney Pepler (Birkenhead, Wallasey & Wirral), Lynda Williams (Birkenhead, Wallasey & Wirral), Paul Nuttal (Bootle), Pat Gaskell (Bootle), Joseph Nugent (Bootle Branch), Andrew Dobson (Bootle Branch), Cyril Wakefield (Boston & Skegness), Audrey Wakefield (Boston & Skegness), Peter Thomas Neilson (Scotland - Chairman, Scotland), Helen Margaret Hay (Scotland), Charles M. Stewart (Scotland). Supporters: Delroy Young (East Midlands and NEC member), Lady Shirley Moran (Wales), Paul Tate (Swansea), Bruce Robertson (Trago Mills), Barry Grundon (North Cornwall), Jane Rosemary Toplis (North Cornwall), Alwyn Riley (North Cornwall), Marcus John Taylor (St. Helens), Simon Andrew Hairswape (St. Helens), Norman Dawson (St. Helens), Mrs N. Dawson (St. Helens), Jacqueline Francis (Christchurch, Dorset, Pearl A. Wells (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton), Teresa W. H. Davies (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton), Carole Gregory (Croydon), James Felsemberger (Croydon), Susan Camp (Brentwood and Ongar), Janette Gulleford (Brentwood & Ongar), Lyn Afshar (Sutton Coldfield), Margaret Beaman (North Manchester), William Michael Magee (Birkenhead, Wallasey & Wirral), Euphemia Ann Crocker (Birkenhead, Wallasey & Wirral), Philip Griffiths (Birkenhead, Wallasey & Wirral), May Barton (Bootle), Philip Wordley (Bootle), Stephen John Withers (Scotland), Nicholas Watson (Scotland), Robert Willescroft.