ukiprule

UKIP use to have a paper like the bnp's voice of freedom? i think its called that . Does any one know why UKIP stopped theres? Could we not bring this back im sure we could with a few donations , and im sure many on this forum would hand them out. couldn't we not sell them if it was a money problem?

here's the last copy of independence news

http://www.westbournemouthukip.com/d...enewspaper.pdf

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fordtit

Is ukiprule Pete Reeve?

C_steam

Can't answer that. It'd be like askng if fordtit is really ????

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Or if C stream is ..................................

ukiprule

No I'am not Peter Reeve what is your problam with the Eastern Counties Regional Organiser?

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Membership of the European Union costs Britain £60.1 billion per annum UKIP wants to leave the European Union and spend the money here in Britain.

To put this figure in perspective, just £1 billion would pay for:

222,000 hip replacements
Or 46,893 nurses
Or 38,782 teachers
Or 34, 585 police officers

Agree? Join UKIP
www.ukip.org

douglas denny

I asked at the last NEC meeting why the UKIP newspaper was no longer produced. I thought it was a very good medium for UKIP to utilise. I was, and still am, convinced it has a lot of advantages for us and should still be produced.

UKIP used to have a newspaper (probably more correctly a 'news-sheet') which was produced in large quantities and distributed by members. There were about three produced in a year if I remember rightly; and the cost was down to about one penny per copy when done in bulk. They were very popular with the membership as they could distribute them whenever they liked - not just at election times.

They were a single sheet folded once to give four pages, about 11 inches by 16 inches; in black print with a purple highlight; called "Independence" with the UKIP pound sign alongside.

It had some distinct advantages:

1) They were undated. This meant they could be distributed at any time suitable to the membership who would be delivering them. It was popular for this reason. Members could go out any time they felt like it and shove a few through doors: anywhere any time. They could also be part of any campaign at election times as well of course, being included in the distribution of other leaflets.

2) It gave the active party members something to do and to focus on as a simple goal to achieve; e.g. go out and distribute 5000 newspaper this month in so-and-so area .......

3) It had no more than three points on the front page; the same on the inner two pages, and the back page was information about joining UKIP.
It was therefore easy to read, catchy to the eye with the headline, and could be assimilated in seconds (which is what is needed with political information).

4) The information was simple, punchy, very much to the point about how the EU is screwing us, of current importance but continuously so, therefore not going to go out of date making the news-sheet worthless, hence it could be distributed months afterwards and still be useful.

For example: the best headline I've seen on any newspaper: which could still be distributed today and be useful to us:-

"SPACE NOT RACE Asylum crisis: Britain MUST take back control of its own borders"

and:

"BRUSSELS RULES ! Judge's ruling means parliament must get EU permission to pass laws"

and

"PROTECT THE PEOPLE NOT THE CRIMINAL US crime halves. Ours doubles. EU orders UK to be softer on crime"

5) The paper also acted as a good counter to the other parties news-sheets such as the Lib Dims 'In Focus' and the Conservative's 'In Touch'. These other parties realise that constant reminding that they exist by a postal shot every now and then is useful and productive politically. We do not have an equivalent.

6) It projected the word "Independence" in association with UKIP in the title - thus emphasising the word "independence" in "UKIP".
This word 'independence' has very high added-value politically to us - something not generally recognised and not promoted enough I think.

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The answer I was given as to why they are not now produced, was that they were too simplistic, looked poor quality gave a very poor return in feedback.

I am not entirely convinced with this. I think they still have a value to us. The poor returns in feedback might be true in simple numbers but does not take into account the added-value of the points as I list above which is not quantifiable: in particular the constant reminding of the general public out there that we exist, with the presence of something physical coming through their door every now and then. This is something the other parties know very well indeed and capitalise on.

Alan Bown has made a considerable effort with leaflets and is concentrating on modern, good quality material with simple punchy messages. He and others think that we can make good progress with these and has already shown much better returns with feedback and new members than the 'old' news-sheet.
I still think however, the cheap, 'old' style has a place in our political armoury to counter the monthly distribution of the other parties news-sheets.

Hope this is useful in explanation.

DED.
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gc

There was an attempt to revive this project at the end of 2005, and I produced one issue.

Originally, 'Independence News' was produced under the auspices of the EDD, the forerunner of Ind Dem. Doing it that way meant that there were tight constraints on what could be discussed: No mention of domestic elections, for example. Ind Dem is tighter on the rules than EDD was, and we would have ended up with something that would be of little use to us. I also produced 4 issues of 'Bulletin from Brussels', and it drove me crazy trying to get it through the multi-layered and, I must say, rather inconsistent vetting process used by the group secretariat.

So we decided to fund it ourselves through the regions. I forget the exact price, but almost every region took some thousands, making a pro-rata financial contribution, although getting the money in was a headache, and I don't want to do that ever again. It only worked because our printer was a UKIP man, and he was very patient. It was also the case that doing it this way, some of the regional organisers wanted some editorial input, thus adding to my migrane.

Personally, I think that in terms of visual impact, the BNP paper is head and shoulders above anything we ever produced. I think Paul Nuttall did a great job on the last 'Bulletin from Brussels', but I think the party magazine 'Independence' is absolutely dire both visually and in terms of content. I really struggle to read it.

I think we should consider a radical change in how we do all this, I think we need something a little more academic for the membership, and somthing with a tabloid feel for wider distribution.