Running scared?: UKIP claim is
ridiculed.

MEP and UKIP member, Nathan Gill, claimed this week that other political parties were ‘scared’ of his party and their message. His comments came after the UKIP victory in the recent Rochester and Strood by-election. He said: “The (other) party leaders just attack us non-stop. They are all very fearful of us. And the reason is because the message we’ve got we don’t have to adapt it whether we’re going down to a council estate or down a large driveway to a manor house.

I’ve never changed or adapted my message, I just have the same one and we get the same result, and that’s why the other parties are scared. I would be very surprised if UKIP did not win a Welsh seat.” However, a Welsh Labour Party spokesperson responded by saying: “Polls shows that, while support for UKIP has increased, they look unlikely to elect any MPs in Wales next year. UKIP are reliant on Tory money, Tory people and Tory policies.

If they were to win next year, UKIP would raise taxes for working families, allow bankers to take bigger bonuses, make deeper cuts to public services and charge you to see your GP, and get rid of workers’ rights including parental leave, maternity pay, holiday pay, sick pay, and even redundancy pay. That’s why, when May comes, local people will support the only party to stand up for working people – Labour.”

William Powell, Welsh Lib Dem AM for Mid and West Wales, said: “It is true to say that the Tories are in a complete panic about UKIP. Instead of trying to mimic Nigel Farage, they would be better off concentrating on some of the Coalition Government’s achievements that would never have happened without the Liberal Democrats – rescuing our broken economy; cutting taxes for millions; and investing in our schools and NHS. The Liberal Democrats are the only UK party that hasn’t pandered to UKIP and have been willing to tackle their rhetoric head on.

We will continue to stick to what we believe in, especially in the value of remaining within and shaping a reformed European Union. EU Structural funds have brought huge investment to Pembrokeshire – and without EU farm subsidies, our agricultural industry would be on its knees. For these reasons alone, potential UKIP voters should be very careful about what they wish for.”

Pembrokeshire Conservative Council Leader, David Howlett, stated: “In terms of Pembrokeshire, the two sitting MPs of Stephen Crabb and Simon Hart have got a very good record of putting their constituencies first. UKIP’s message seems to be getting out, but if you have great concerns about Europe, like myself, and you want a say, if you vote for any other party you could wake up with Ed Milliband in number 10, and we would be heading further down the European route with no say on our destiny. I have great concerns about the European Union. What is going on now is not just about an economic union; we want control of our destiny.”