UKIP Memberships Falls Again

[DRiddle]

It's probably based on the number and % Peter Jackson got versus what Tim Flemming got. I think that's how they do it so it's like for like in terms of the previous incumbent versus the new one.

[marky]

but then it's meaningless. That was over two years ago and there have been two other Labour/UKIP contests since - a bit selective don't you think?

[mk1]

It is complete rubbish. The figures are  'falsified' in  order that UKIP can boast how well it is doing. Let that sink in.  A national political party is  so desperate for good news that it elevates a council seat in a northern backwater into a great victory. Shows how pathetic they are. 
Maybe I read too much in though.............perhaps some fool gave Tom the task of working out the figures and did not check before  placing them on-line! 

[DRiddle]

Interesting that in the same week UKIP made national headlines for winning a council seat, this information seems to have largely avoided the national media.

http://m.derbytelegraph.co.uk/derby-councillor-bill-wright-leaves-ukip-to-join-labour/story-29801542-detail/story.html

UKIP to Labour. Very bizarre ideological shift. But then principles can be sold very cheaply when it comes to local politics.

[DRiddle]

Just on the broader point about an EU debate between Tom and I, I imagine it would go something like this . . .

http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/james-obrien/which-eu-law-are-you-looking-forward-to-losing/