“I’m sure Ukip will be on the agenda because of the progress they have made. For me, I can understand why people would like Nigel Farage. He’s a man who talks common sense around important issues for the British people, like immigration. I didn’t like the way the mainstream media turned round and said, ‘everyone who votes for Ukip is a racist’. That was very unfair.
“But when you look at Ukip as a voter, after Farage there’s very little in the party.”
He adds that the Coalition parties only have themselves to blame for UKIP’s rise.
“I personally think if the Conservative party got their act together we wouldn’t need Ukip. The Lib Dems have basically imploded, they’ve sold their souls so they can get into government. That’s left a space for a party; Ukip have taken the protest vote or whatever it is people want to label them. Whilst it’s dangerous to ignore them, it’s even more dangerous to assume they’re going to become a mainstream party. They’ve only got one issue.”
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