Farage suggests he could do a deal with 20 "eurosceptic" MPs

Nigel Farage has said that he could do a deal with 20 "eurosceptic" MPs for the next election which would see them standing on a joint UKIP/Conservative ticket.

David Cameron has already made it clear that he won't allow this to happen so it's pretty academic unless he gets deposed before the next election but there's an important principal at stake: UKIP is a political party, our job is to win elections not just campaign to leave the EU.

We've only just started throwing off the "single issue" label that's plagued us for years and here we are contemplating standing aside once again for MPs that claim to be eurosceptic but prop up pro-EU parties.  We have a full manifesto and leaving the EU is just one of our policies so why isn't someone suggesting we stand aside for MPs that support tougher immigration controls or advocate a flat tax?

100% think tax dodging EU civil servants should pay more tax

Last week we asked if tax dodging EU civil servants should pay their fair share of tax.

I'd say that was a pretty clear message.

Poll: Should EU civil servants pay their "fair share" of tax?

EU civil servants pay as little as 8% income tax on their salaries, rising to 45% for the highest earners who can be on a salary of £190k or more. Big companies like Google and Starbucks (but not the left wing Guardian or Huffington Post of course, they're beyond reproach) have taken a battering over their perfectly legal exploitation of stupid tax laws to avoid paying tax.

Should tax avoiding UK citizens working for the EU be forced to pay their "fair share" of tax like the rest of us?

Is it time for Lord Pearson to go?

Total Politics Top Blogs

Total Politics (Iain Dale's latest venture) are running the annual top blogs poll.

Send your top ten list of UK blogs to toptenblogs@totalpolitics.com to take part in the poll.

If you included Wonko's World, Bloggers4UKIP or the Campaign for an English Parliament in your top 10 list that would be lovely. :)

Poll results

Bloggers4UKIP and IndependenceHome have been running polls in the run-up to the EU election and here are the results:

Will Lord Tebbit be kicked out of the Tories before the election?

Answer	Votes	Percent
Yes	17	33%
No	29	56%
Don't Know	6	12%

Can the EU ever be reformed from within?

Answer	Votes	Percent
Yes	3	10%
No	26	90%

Did you vote in the last European election?

Answer	Votes	Percent
Yes	46	63%
No	27	37%

Who did you vote for in the last European election?

Answer	Votes	Percent
Conservative	6	13%
Labour	5	10.9%
Lib Dem	5	10.9%
Green	4	8.7%
UKIP	20	43.5%
BNP	2	4.3%
Plaid	1	2.2%
SNP	1	2.2%
Independent	1	2.2%
Other	1	2.2%
Sinn Féin	0	0%
English Democrats	0	0%
DUP	0	0%
UUP	0	0%

Why didn't you vote?

Answer	Votes	Percent
Didn't want to	9	34.6%
Wasn't registered	3	11.5%
Wasn't old enough	13	50%
Ineligible	1	3.8%

Who will you be voting for in June?

Answer	Votes	Percent
BNP	7	9.7%
UKIP	55	76.4%
Green	5	6.9%
Independent	2	2.8%
Conservative	1	1.4%
Lib Dem	1	1.4%
Other	1	1.4%
Labour	0	0%
Plaid	1	0%
SNP	1	0%
Sinn Féin	0	0%
English Democrats	0	0%
DUP	0	0%
UUP	0	0%

Obviously the results are going to be skewed to a certain extent by the fact that the polls are on UKIP-supporting websites but it shows a huge shift from the Tories, reflecting the general discontent amongst traditional Tory voters on the eurofederalist policies of David Camoron.

Farage as Shadow PM?

A Sky News poll of nearly 3,000 people shows that if there was a general election tomorrow UKIP would be the second largest party in Westminster!

According to the poll, the make-up of the Commons would be:

Conswervatives 31%
UKIP 19.7%
Liebour 11.5%
BNP 9.5%
Lib Dims 8.5%
Greens 7.6%

This shows that UKIP has shed its reputation as a single issue party and is now considered by the general public, not only to be part of mainstream politics, but as a credible future national government for the UK.

You can sign a petition calling for an immediate general election on the Prime Mentalists website here.

Update:
Nigel Farage has given the following exclusive comment to Bloggers4UKIP:

Of course this is welcome news but we do have to take it with a pinch of salt.
The Sky News e-panel is, as they themselves admit, not a representative sample
of the electorate. It's online, so weighted heavily in favour of us with our
large online presence. But it is still very cheering news for it shows that our
message is getting through and the groundswell of support is in our favour. So
two minutes joy and then back to work on the election!

UKIP has gone from relative obscurity to a credible political force in the UK under Nigel Farage's leadership. I hope he's allowed himself at least a small pat on the back.