This one is quite interesting - only 28% of people who voted Lib Dem in the last election said they would vote Lib Dem again. Seven out of 10 traditional Lib Dem voters have abandoned the party and 8% of people who voted Lib Dem in the last election said they'd vote UKIP!
The most important issues, according to respondents, that are facing the country right now are the economy, immigration, the EU, health, pensions, crime, tax and education in that order.
UKIP is the only party with sustainable and achievable economic policies because it is the only party that wouldn't be hamstrung by EU rules and targets and the massive drain on our resources that comes from membership of the EU.
UKIP is the only party that will freeze economic immigration for 5 years so that people already living here (be they newly arrived immigrants or descendants of Alfred the Great) can fill job vacancies and move into newly available homes and that will introduce a points-based system for every person who wants to come and live here (this obviously doesn't apply to asylum seekers who need to live here, not want to).
UKIP is the only party which will allow patients to use NHS vouchers with private health providers, introduce elected health boards, bring back free NHS opticians and dentists and put matrons back in charge of wards.
UKIP is the only party that will bring the £1tr public sector pensions into line with private sector pensions, withdraw from the EU common pensions fund and reduce tax rebates on pension contributions for high earners to help fund increases in the state pension.
UKIP is the only party that will put the rights of victims before those of criminals, establish elected police boards, abolish the Human rights Act (which has very little to do with human rights), increase prison places and withdraw from the EU Arrest Warrant that has already seen so many miscarriages of justice.
UKIP is the only party that will introduce a flat tax along with an increased tax allowance to take most low-paid workers out of the tax system altogether.
UKIP is the only party that will bring back the grammar school to allow academically able children to get a more academic education and less academically able children to get a more vocation education rather than bringing everyone down to the lowest common denominator.
UKIP is the only party that actually has an answer to the issues that people put the most importance on, it's no wonder that people are abandoning the three old parties for UKIP and no wonder the increasingly extreme left wing Lib Dems are haemorrhaging supporters.
wonkotsane is an author at Bloggers4UKIP.
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