UKIP: Road pricing hero to stand for UKIP

Blog Bot · 06-10-2007, 11:40 AM

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One of the foremost internet campaigners of recent times has been selected to stand as a parliamentary candidate for the UK Independence Party. Peter Roberts, who secured 1.8 million signatures for his petition against road pricing, has been selected to contest the Labour-held seat of Telford.

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Anthony Butcher · 06-10-2007, 11:54 AM

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One of the foremost internet campaigners of recent times has been selected to stand as a parliamentary candidate for the UK Independence Party. Peter Roberts, who secured 1.8 million signatures for his petition against road pricing, has been selected to contest the Labour-held seat of Telford.
Speaking at the party conference in London, Mr Roberts said he had thrown his hat into the ring because he realised that the politics he believed in were shared by the libertarian party.

"I noticed that large numbers of people who signed my petition against road pricing were members of the UK Independence Party," he said. "Having gone to a UKIP meeting to speak about my opposition to this stealth tax known as road pricing, I have decided to fight the constituency of Telford so I can take the concerns of the people to Westminster to try to stop this sinister development.

"Already I have helped the campaign in the West Midlands against local and regional road pricing schemes which are being used by the government as a springboard to a national scheme.

"It's nothing more than an additional tax which is being levied on people who aren't driving for fun, but driving to get to work. They are doing so because they have to and the way I see it is that they are being penalised for being taxpayers.

"Thankfully, there is one party in this country that doesn't want sky high taxes and doesn't want the state to monitor where people are driving to and how fast, which is why I am delighted to be standing for the UK Independence Party."

West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass said he was "thrilled" that Mr Roberts was standing for the party:

"He will be a wonderful contribution to our team as we gear up for a general election fight. We want to ensure that people in the West Midlands have a genuine opposition party to vote for, rather than a carbon copy of this hopeless government."

Zak64 · 06-10-2007, 06:56 PM

Great news! Let's see if Mr Roberts can use some of his internet campaigning expertise for the good of UKIP generally. We certainly need it. I think we are currently vastly under utilising the net and that is something we should put right.

steve fowler · 06-10-2007, 07:26 PM

I intend to use internet the best way i can in this day and age to get our message out there no more messing about!.

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