Do a search for it in the usual places.

Steven

But back to the topic of Nigel Farage and the EU, and some real figures.

One of the objections laid against Britain disengaging from the EU is that it would adversely affect our trade with the EU and particularly with the Eurozone. However, looking at the trade figures, it transpires that the Eurozone’s largest world export market is – the UK. Bigger even than the USA. This gives us a huge leverage in negotiating trade with the Eurozone; they need us more than we need them. It confirms Farage’s and UKIP’s position that leaving would be easier than the Europhiles let on.

Steven

….and the Daily Telegraph is a completely objective source on the subject of the Labour Party.

Dan Hodges DT writer profile:
“Dan Hodges … has worked for the Labour Party, the GMB trade union and managed numerous independent political campaigns. He writes about Labour with tribal loyalty and without reservation. “

Actually, he is an objective source on the Labour Party.

Steven

And if you believe, in light of the results of previous elections in the constituency, that Labour really had so much as a snowball’s chance in Hell of coming in the top three at Eastleigh in the first place then I’m afraid there isn’t much very hope for you.

Perhaps that is why Labour fielded such a repulsive candidate, as they had a ready made excuse for polling less than UKIP.

Steven

The majority of people out there just aren’t as interested in politics as many of us in here are.

You cannot say that for the people who voted for UKIP at Eastleigh, though. Perhaps what you are saying is that it is only UKIP voters who think things through.

Labour came a poor fourth with O’Farrell.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danhodges/100205189/labour-eastleigh-and-the-crucifixion-of-st-john-ofarrell/

The Eastleigh voters undeniably made a good judgement about him.

Steven

When the next election comes in 2015, it will be time to review the record over the previous ten years, where all three main political parties will have had an equivalent time in power in government.

What will be the conclusion? That Labour’s time, coinciding with the near collapse of the banking system, high unsupportable immigration, continuing involvement in questionable military ventures, and imposition of expensive and unworkable renewables, was the best five year term? Or perhaps it will be the Coalition which will be seen to be the best? Will they have they rescued the banking system, minimised immigration, got us out of questionable military ventures, and abandoned expensive and unworkable renewables?

Do the tripartite Con/Lab/LibDem listen to the electorate and respond as do UKIP?

Steven

William Hague claimed today that voters at Eastleigh were just being ‘indulgent’.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9905600/William-Hague-Voters-in-Eastleigh-were-being-indulgent.html

The Conservative and LibDem vote were both down by about 14%. That would suggest that either both sets of voters were ‘indulging’ equally, or there was an underlying seismic shift in political alleigances. Voters from Eastleigh who voted for UKIP against their former parties report feeling a sense of freedom with that act. They no longer have to make excuses to themselves about why they should stick with what they view as the onerous duty of supporting their failed parties.

I would go further and say that such voters are also rejecting the orthodox tripartite of Lab/LibDem/Con political system. All three have an increasingly similar distaste for allowing discussion on the major issues where UKIP are only too happy to oblige. They also have the same subservient view on the EU, on the misguided dash for renewables, and a reluctance to tackle the banking cash cows and the sacred cows of the health service. UKIP are fresh to politics with none of the baggage that encumbers the tripartite, and this gives them freedom to act outside of the partisan swamp that now inhibits progress so disasterously.

Steven

And that’s your ‘critical analysis’, is it?

What a very individual interpretation.

I was referring to all of my posts under the ‘BBC deceit’ ttopic.

Steven