London MEP Candidate Lawrence Webb joins Axe The Beer Tax protest at Westminster

March 8th saw Parliament Square full of 6ft pints and some very bemused Tamil protesters who are under the impression that Gordon Brown can do something about a civil war in Sri Lanka (clearly they have fallen for his leader of the world impression).

However Gordon Brown and Alastair Darling can do something about the crisis in the pub trade in this country and the 33% of the price of a pint which goes straight to HM Treasury. Instead of raising the price of beer & cider still further and stopping anyone going to the pub (now that they have persecuted smokers into staying away).

UKIP fully support the Axe The Beer Tax campaign and Nigel Farage will be speaking on this subject on Channel 4's Political Slot at 19.55pm on Thursday 9th April. Lawrence Webb, London Regional Organiser and one of London's MEP candidates, was down at Parliament Square to lend his voice to the protesters.

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UKIP London Chairman addresses Westminster Bike Charge Protest on the steps of City Hall itself

On March 31st, Westminster City Hall was the scene of a mass protest at a new Tory Stealth Tax, exactly the sort of thing which David Cameron tries to claim the Conservative are opposed to. Westminster City Council, supposedly a Tory flagship borough, has recently tried to sneak in a charge on Motorbike Parking on the very doorstep of the Houses of Parliament (where Cameron tries to make these untenable claims), under the auspices of an 'experimental' scheme they claim provides a 'better service and more capacity for motorbike parking'. However, the very legality of the scheme was called into question last night at a Public Oversight committee meeting and over 1500 motorcyclists turned up to express their feelings.

Ironically, this scheme flies in the face of Tory Mayor Boris Johnson's stated claim that he wants to move Londoners 'from four wheels to two' but then when have the Tories ever managed to get agreement amonst themsleves on anything? Just look at their position(s) on Europe, for example!

UKIP London Chairman Paul Wiffen, who is the PPC for Westminster if Gordon ever calls a General Election, attended the hearing along with the tireless London Regional Organiser, Lawrence Webb, the latest addition to MEP Candidates List for London on June 4th. You can see them above outside Westminster City Hall with the protest organiser Warren Djanogly who had persuaded the Council to examine the legality as well as the desirability of the scheme. On exiting the committee hearing, Paul was invited to address the protesters to let them know how their case was being presented in the committee chamber and you can witness the warm reception he received below.