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  It is realy very simple.
  
  You are only a Conservative party candidate if you are standing with the backing and selection by the Conservative Party.
  
  Being a member of the Party does not stop anyone from exercising their democratic right to stand as a candidate in any election as an independent. That would only be a problem if the Conservative Party itself decided to contest that election and put forward a candidate.
  
  Only candidates that have the backing of the Conservative Party have the right to descibe themselves as Conservative Party candidates.
  
  Without that backing it is up to them what they call themselves, members or not, as long as they do not try to pass themselves off as Conservative Party candidates.
  
  As I said it is quite simple really and I suspect that it is the same for UKIP but what damns Vic is his saying that he is doing so with UKIP support. Does he really mean that I wonder? Or does he mean that because UKIP members will be helping him because UKIP have decided not to stand as a Party? I suspect he has just confused the issue by a lack of clarity and a failure to properly explain and think through what he is doing. Not unusual.

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