Press Office Statement to UKIP Prospective Parliamentary Candidates and members

Press Office Statement to UKIP Prospective Parliamentary Candidates and members

In the light of the orchestrated campaign to destabilise UKIP in the run up to the next general election, and the admitted mistake made by the press office on Saturday it would like to make a few things clear.

At no point was an offer made neither to the Conservatives, nor anybody else that UKIP would do anything other than stand back for one election if a public manifesto commitment was made to hold an In/Out referendum on our membership of the European Union. That commitment was not made.

In a statement made by the press office there was the suggestion that after that referendum was won then the entire British political situation would change. UKIP would have to take stock on how it would proceed. That statement should have not suggested that the party would consider any given course of action. This was my error, and my error alone.

Yours sincerely,

Gawain Towler

Gawain Towler
Press Officer
UK Independence Party