Ukip Policies In Brief

brad12jy · 11-04-2008, 09:35 PM

UK Independence Party - UKIP POLICIES IN BRIEF

UKIP will leave the political EU and trade globally and freely. We will re-embrace today’s fast-growing Commonwealth and we will encourage UK manufacturing so that we make things again.
We will freeze immigration for five years, speed up deportation of up to a million illegal immigrants by tripling the numbers engaged in deportations, and have ‘no home no visa’ work permits to ease the housing crisis.
We will have a grammar school in every town. We will restore standards of education and improve skills training. Student grants will replace student loans.
We will radically reform the working of the NHS with an Insurance Fund, whilst upholding the ‘free at the point of care’ principles. We will bring back matrons and have locally run, clean hospitals.
We will give people the vote on policing priorities, go back to proper beat policing and scrap the Human Rights Act. We will have sentences that mean what they say.
We will take 4.5 million people out of tax with a simple Flat Tax (with National Insurance) starting at £10,000. We will scrap Inheritance Tax, not just reform it and cut corporation taxes.
We will say No to green taxes and wind farms. To avert a major energy crisis, we will go for new nuclear power plants on the same existing site facilities and for clean coal. We will reduce pollution and encourage recycling.
We will make welfare simpler and fairer, introduce ‘workfare’ to get people back to work, and a new citizens pension and private pensions scheme insurance.
We will support our armed forces with more spending on equipment, military homes and medical care. We will save our threatened warships and add 25,000 more troops.
We will be fair to England, with an English Parliament of English MPs at Westminster. We will replace assembly members like MSPs with MPs. And we will promote referenda at local and national levels.
We will make customer satisfaction number one for rail firms – not cost cutting and will look seriously at reopening some rail lines that Beeching closed. We will make foreign lorries pay for British roads with a ‘Britdisc’ – and we will stop persecuting motorists.
Last, but never least, we will bring in fair prices and fair competition for our suffering farmers, and restore traditional British fishing and territorial waters.

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Anthony Butcher · 11-04-2008, 09:41 PM

So to sum up, UKIP is going to cut inheritance tax, cut corporation tax and stop taxing 4.5 million people.

Then they are going to increase spending on defence (£13b pa), immigration controls, student grants, nuclear power plants and loss making rail lines.

Does anyone else see a problem here?

douglas denny · 11-04-2008, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthony Butcher

So to sum up, UKIP is going to cut inheritance tax, cut corporation tax and stop taxing 4.5 million people.

Then they are going to increase spending on defence (£13b pa), immigration controls, student grants, nuclear power plants and loss making rail lines.

Does anyone else see a problem here?

No.

DED.
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Anthony Butcher · 11-04-2008, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by douglas denny

No.

That's another problem in itself

Raymond Finch · 12-04-2008, 12:36 AM

Not if we stop giving billions to the EU and open our markets and businesses to worldwide free trade.

Barboo · 12-04-2008, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by douglas denny

No.

DED.
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How much will UKIP's policy programme cost altogether?

Alex McKee · 12-04-2008, 04:39 AM

The 12-odd billion that the EU costs us is nothing in comparison with the huge amounts raised in tax.

As a libertarian, I'm absolutely 100% behind cutting tax but we need to cost things properly.

Things like the boon from increased world trade and the lack of costs enforcing silly EU regulations are all very well and good but until we actually leave the EU, we won't know exactly how much better off that will leave us, if at all.

C_steam · 12-04-2008, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by alteclansing

UK Independence Party - UKIP POLICIES IN BRIEFWe will re-embrace today’s fast-growing Commonwealth

err? I thought the commonwealth actually had less members now than in the time when good queen vicky ruled. We gave away Hong Kong for a start.

So surely 'shrinking' commonwealth would be better?

Unless, of course, we count countries where we are present illegally. In which case Afganistan and Iraq are now part of our commonwealth, which explains the 'fast growing' bit.

Anthony Butcher · 12-04-2008, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Raymond Finch

Not if we stop giving billions to the EU and open our markets and businesses to worldwide free trade.

Indeed, but that won't even cover the £13 billion per year extra going to the armed forces under UKIP's plans. Britain's net contribution to the EU is now at about £4.7 billion per year. Anything beyond that in terms of money gained is speculative, especially given that we are headed into a financial downturn when the other parties will be looking to cut expenses.

There is a detailed breakdown here:
http://www.ukip.org/ukip/images/stor...cost_of_eu.pdf

charlie endell · 12-04-2008, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Anthony Butcher

So to sum up, UKIP is going to cut inheritance tax, cut corporation tax and stop taxing 4.5 million people.

Then they are going to increase spending on defence (£13b pa), immigration controls, student grants, nuclear power plants and loss making rail lines.

Does anyone else see a problem here?

Just a bit!!!

Remember the politically illiterate local government manifesto?

This also has "Whittaker" written all over it.

11-04-2008, 09:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
brad12jy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Posts: 555	Ukip Policies In Brief UK Independence Party - UKIP POLICIES IN BRIEF UKIP will leave the political EU and trade globally and freely. We will re-embrace today’s fast-growing Commonwealth and we will encourage UK manufacturing so that we make things again. We will freeze immigration for five years, speed up deportation of up to a million illegal immigrants by tripling the numbers engaged in deportations, and have ‘no home no visa’ work permits to ease the housing crisis. We will have a grammar school in every town. We will restore standards of education and improve skills training. Student grants will replace student loans. We will radically reform the working of the NHS with an Insurance Fund, whilst upholding the ‘free at the point of care’ principles. We will bring back matrons and have locally run, clean hospitals. We will give people the vote on policing priorities, go back to proper beat policing and scrap the Human Rights Act. We will have sentences that mean what they say. We will take 4.5 million people out of tax with a simple Flat Tax (with National Insurance) starting at £10,000. We will scrap Inheritance Tax, not just reform it and cut corporation taxes. We will say No to green taxes and wind farms. To avert a major energy crisis, we will go for new nuclear power plants on the same existing site facilities and for clean coal. We will reduce pollution and encourage recycling. We will make welfare simpler and fairer, introduce ‘workfare’ to get people back to work, and a new citizens pension and private pensions scheme insurance. We will support our armed forces with more spending on equipment, military homes and medical care. We will save our threatened warships and add 25,000 more troops. We will be fair to England, with an English Parliament of English MPs at Westminster. We will replace assembly members like MSPs with MPs. And we will promote referenda at local and national levels. We will make customer satisfaction number one for rail firms – not cost cutting and will look seriously at reopening some rail lines that Beeching closed. We will make foreign lorries pay for British roads with a ‘Britdisc’ – and we will stop persecuting motorists. Last, but never least, we will bring in fair prices and fair competition for our suffering farmers, and restore traditional British fishing and territorial waters. join ukip now __________________ My ignore list - Tony Bennett

11-04-2008, 09:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
Anthony Butcher Administrator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Long Ashton, Bristol Posts: 9,733 Party: None	So to sum up, UKIP is going to cut inheritance tax, cut corporation tax and stop taxing 4.5 million people. Then they are going to increase spending on defence (£13b pa), immigration controls, student grants, nuclear power plants and loss making rail lines. Does anyone else see a problem here? __________________ If you care about what's in your food and where it comes from, then get it labelled! Label My Food - http://www.labelmyfood.org.uk

12-04-2008, 04:39 AM	#7 (permalink)
Alex McKee Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gloucester Posts: 6,637	The 12-odd billion that the EU costs us is nothing in comparison with the huge amounts raised in tax. As a libertarian, I'm absolutely 100% behind cutting tax but we need to cost things properly. Things like the boon from increased world trade and the lack of costs enforcing silly EU regulations are all very well and good but until we actually leave the EU, we won't know exactly how much better off that will leave us, if at all. __________________ Anything I post on this website is my personal opinion and not necessarily my professional opinion (unless stated as such) nor is an opinion necessarily shared by any committee or group I am affiliated with. Users on Ignore list: None.

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12-04-2008, 12:36 AM	#5 (permalink)
Raymond Finch Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 508	Not if we stop giving billions to the EU and open our markets and businesses to worldwide free trade.