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I think any party attempting to enter Parliament would want to base a considerable part of their success on local campaigning by the local committees.
In some areas UKIP get a considerable percentage of the vote, no doubt where the local committee is out and about campaigning, holding speeches to the crowds, distributing ideology texts and talking to people.
Such campaigning should not be left to 5 days before a vote, but ought be continuous.
In such a case, the performance of one sole person who is leader of the party would not be the only way to attract support.
In Dover, I could think of a number of topics where UKIP could have made hay by campaigning, from Whitfield planning to Dover Port, from unemployment for local people to the absence of hope in the future for so many young people.
However, in order to campaign, a party needs someone willing to do this.
I remember when I campaigned for The Pledge on behalf of UKIP who had contacted me, and distributed thousands of leaflets in Western Dover, they never even bothered informing me how many people responded (each leaflet had a postage-free return receipt for the address and signature).
Treat people like that, and you lose them!
