Is UKIP damaging the English Democrats'

UKIP held its 'big meeting' in Bromley last night, in the small school hall (used for assembly, school dinners and gym lessons) at St Georges Church of England Primary School in Bickley. Fearful that the local residents of Bickley have no significant interest in the the 'one issue' party UKIP's message, the small hall was 'packed' with 80 UKIP members who had driven in from various parts of London, Kent, Essex and Surrey to ensure that the hall looked full.

In the event, only 5 local residents were interested enough to bother turning up to hear what UKIP's candidate, Nigel Farage had to say.

UKIP seems terrified that the English Democrats will beat Mr Farage, its Number One man, despite the many thousands of pounds they have spent on campaigning in the Bromley & Chislehurst by-election. Whist canvassing in Bromley over the weekend (24th/25th June), the English Democrats team were approached by one of the many UKIP teams, which expressed concern about the English Democrats standing a candidate thereby "damaging" the chances of UKIP's candidate.

Interestingly, canvassing by English Democrats has revealed that only 1 in 50 households are committing to vote UKIP on Polling Day - a figure similar to that for English Democrats voters.

In a desperate attempt to attract English nationalist votes, UKIP - a Unionist party opposed to a separate English Parliament - has augmented its campaign by issuing another A5 size leaflet, on which one side is dedicated to the English Cross of St George flag in colour.

Ironically, despite the millions of pounds of annual income enjoyed by UKIP, they chose the same modest venue for their public meeting, (St Georges, Church of England School) which the English Democrats used two weeks ago to launch their campaign.

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