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At an Election, many people will not want to vote for a party which they know cannot get in, if the candidate is unlikely pass the first one over the line mark.
Consequently, many potential UKIP voters would vote for the Tories, so as to avoid the lost vote problem.
UKIP had not ever chosen the possibility of a future alliance with the Tories, treating all three mainstream parties with the same contempt. So even an idea of a pre-election agreement between the Conservatives and UKIP on fielding candidates is out of the question.
Had UKIP aimed at a social programme to attract Labour voters, while maintaining a tough stance on immigration, they'd have stood a chance of gaining support from the Left voters, and entering a coalition with the Tories at a future General Election.
This had been my proposal about a year and a half ago, totally ignored at the time.
So when the hens come back to roost, at a G.E., as it stands now, UKIP could discover they have crippled their own election chances, while steadily blazing away at the Tories, fulminating the BNP, and not bothering to attract socialist votes (Labour).
Now, Ed Miliband and Ed Balls are trying to play the "immigration was wrong" card, and the "EU referendum" card. They've begun making overtures in these directions.
Until now, Labour had slept, now they're waking up, and UKIP discover they've only been firing vollies in all directions.
And because UKIP made great hail out of every Tory member who they could attract over to UKIP, giving each of these a top place in UKIP, in front of blazing cameras, the masses think that UKIP is another Tory party.
So many might think: well why not just vote for the Conservatives and avoid splitting the vote!
While many others might think: well, if Labour is now adjusting to more sensible ideas, why not vote Labour?
I saw this all coming, tried to speak up, but was silenced off.
Where will this get UKIP now?
Counting the number of views Dover Forum gets, and comparing them to the number of views the other forum gets, and making great publicity out of this, is not really what one expects of a UKIP chairman!!!
