THE UKIP MAGAZINE
FEBRUARY 2016
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URGENT: CALLING ALL BRANCH TREASURERS! The Sovereign Draw Lottery has now directly benefited over forty branches of UKIP February 2016 Dear Branch Treasurer 2016 BRANCH INCENTIVE SCHEME Many of you, as Branch Treasurers, will have had personal contact with me, or one of my colleagues, at some time over the last three years. Perhaps I have visited one of your regular meetings to give a talk on the Sovereign Draw, or you may have stopped by for a chat at Conference? You might also be one of the forty plus lucky branches that have received a cheque from me towards your branch funds, as every Sovereign Draw winner also wins a donation of £100 for their branch. Either way, the undisputed fact is that the Sovereign Draw is raising and donating everincreasing sums of money to UKIP, either directly to Head Office, or to branches such as yours. In 2015 we undertook a pilot scheme to see how branches might be able to partake in the Sovereign Draw Lottery sales process in return for donations to branch funds. Several lessons were learnt. We now know that some branches are very well established and solvent whilst others, perhaps only constituted in recent times, are less financially sound. Accordingly, the directors have decided to establish a scheme that will enable every branch in the country to benefit from the Sovereign Draw, whether they have hundreds of subscribing members or are still at the early stage of their development. The scheme will work as follows: for every twenty-five players a branch signs up to play the Draw for a whole year, your branch will receive a donation of £100. This will be paid upon submission of the simple pro-forma that will be supplied to you, along with branch-customised Lottery Application Forms. For some branches this is an opportunity to earn a considerable sum. For newer, smaller branches the immediate prospects may appear to be less attractive, but as the Sovereign Draw is open equally to non-members the potential for all branches is equal. In addition, it is hoped that towards the end of the year, if the scheme is a success, a profit sharing bonus akin to a small dividend can be distributed to all participating branches. This would not replace donations to Head Office, but rather augment them. It is a concept that can be developed in the years ahead. Initially, I would ask you to signal your intention, as a branch, to join the scheme by contacting me by the end of March. This will be acknowledged and a Sovereign Draw Account Number allocated to your Branch. That number will not change and further details of the scheme will be supplied to you at the same time. When emailing me, please put ‘Sovereign Draw Branch Scheme’ in the subject box and be sure to clearly indicate which BRANCH you act for. Two Directors of Sovereign Draw are available, when diaries permit, to visit participating branches to give promotional talks and meet Treasurers. These are exciting days and I look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Mark Harland (Promoter) mark888harland@btinternet.com
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Who’s who Independence Magazine Issue 101 February 2016 CONTENTS UKIP in Bristol..................... 4 Leader....................................5 Referendum Shop............. 6 Chairman.......................... 7-8 Party Director..................... 9 Shop................................10-11 Conference.........................12
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Party Leader Nigel Farage MEP Deputy Leader Paul Nuttall MEP House of Commons Douglas Carswell MP House of Lords Lord Pearson of Rannoch Lord Willoughby de Broke Lord Stevens of Ludgate MEP Delegation Leader Roger Helmer MEP Leader in Scotland David Coburn MEP Leader in Wales Nathan Gill MEP Leader in Northern Ireland David McNarry MLA Party Chairman Steve Crowther Deputy Chairmen Neil Hamilton, Suzanne Evans Party Secretary Matthew Richardson Party Treasurer John Bickley Deputy Treasurers Peter Jewell, Christopher Mills Party Director Paul Oakden General Secretary Adam Richardson
Housing & Environment Policy Andrew Charalambous Mark Reckless, Justice & Home Affairs Director of Policy Development Diane James MEP mark.reckless@ukip.org Local Government Referendum Campaign Cllr Peter Reeve Chris Bruni-Lowe, Migration Campaigns Director Steven Woolfe MEP chris.bruni-lowe@ukip.org Overseas Aid Regional Organisers Nathan Gill MEP Paul Oakden, Party Director Political Reform partydirector@ukip.org Douglas Carswell MP UKIP Councillors Association Science Lisa Duffy, Communications Dr Julia Reid MEP Small Business lisa.duffy@ukip.org Margot Parker MEP Young Independence Trade Joe Jenkins, Chairman William Dartmouth MEP yi.chairman@ukip.org Transport Websites Jill Seymour MEP Damian Wilson, Welfare Creative Director Suzanne Evans damian@ukip.org
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UKIP VISIT TO THE BRISTOL MEMBERSHIP CENTRE
Nigel Farage chats with Flavia Filip of the Bristol Membership team
David Coburn, Call Centre manager Pam Palmer, Steve Crowther and Paul Oakden in Bristol
MEPs and NEC members on site at the Bristol Membership Centre
Nigel Farage takes a call on the membership renewal line
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Neil Hamilton, Paul Nuttall and Margot Parker have a look around the Bristol office
Four fresh faces take up roles on new-look NEC THE National Executive Committee ballot saw a number of new faces take up position on the party’s ruling body. Liz Jones, Victoria Ayling, Toby Coke and Tomas Slivnik join the NEC for the first time while Alan Bown and Piers Wauchope were returned. Following the count on November 12, Returning Officer Adam Richardson, said: “All the results were clear and without dispute and I would like to thank the dedicated team of volunteers at Lexdrum House that assisted in a very professionally conducted count and would like to congratulate the new NEC members on their election.” The full results were: Victoria
Ayling 3,400 votes,Alan Bown 3,086, Elizabeth Jones 2,650, Richard Coke 2,630, Piers Wauchope 2,206, Tomaz Slivnik 1,970, Raj Chandran 1,946, Mick McGough 1,644, Terry Durrance 1,631, Deborah Rennie 1,562, Roger Arthur
Liz Jones
Victoria Ayling
Tomas Slivnik
Toby Coke
1,555, Andrew Moncreiff 1,554, Richard Hilton 1,308, Rosamund Beattie 1,246, Roger Gravett 1,170, Calum Walker 1,067, Otto Inglis 1,016, Afzal Akram 1,008, Alan Love 1,006, Melanie Roberts 1,002, Mark Hughes 980, Caven Vines 975, Colin Nicholson 971, Peter Griffiths 949, Mark Anderson 942, Neville Watson 928, David Palmer 911, Mark Hanson 878, Anil Bhatti 815, David Allen 764, Andrew Chapman 761, Rathy Alagaratnam 671, John Terry 661, Robert Kimbell 626, Nigel Sussman 494, Seamus Martin 483, Seton During 442, Patrick Dearsley 412, Andrew Beadle 403, Andrew Price 363, John Poynton 300. Rejected Ballots 68.
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Nigel Farage
PARTY LEADER
Why now is the time to venture out on our own THIS IS THE START OF A BIG YEAR BOTH for our country and for UKIP as a party. We start off in good spirits and in good shape. YouGov’s end of year poll had UKIP on 17%, up from where we were at the General Election. When it comes to the number one issue for the British people – immigration and border controls – UKIP is now the most trusted political party in the country amongst voters. This is significant and shows how our argument for an Australian-style points system has won us tremendous support across the country. 29% of people now trust us the most on this vitally important issue, more than trust the Conservatives or Labour. There is no doubt that establishing the link between EU membership and open door immigration has been the biggest factor in the growth of UKIP’s vote over the last few years and that the issue will now become the biggest factor that will determine the outcome of the referendum on our membership of the European Union. THE ARGUMENT HAS RECENTLY BECOME even more serious. No longer are we just talking about the impact on people’s income caused by wage compression, or of massive pressure put on our infrastructure and public services. Though these remain important, when we talk about EU open borders we are now talking about our safety, our security and the cultural make-up of British towns and cities. I did try and warn with some of my speeches in the European Parliament that the folly of the EU’s Common Asylum Policy was a dangerous and grave error. That the idea of allowing anyone who wanted to come to Europe to be allowed WHO DO YOU TRUST TO TELL THE TRUTH ON IMMIGRATION?
29% UKIP 24% Conservatives 15% Labour 5% Lib Dems ComRes, December 2015
A European Union which loses control of immigration, which jeopardises its own precious, civilised values, then lies about it because it doesn’t want to “spread a bad mood”, doesn’t deserve my support. Allison Pearson, Chief Interviewer and columnist for the Daily Telegraph
to stay was madness. And indeed I also pointed out that inevitably some of those who came would be Islamic State terrorists. I warned that we should not, could not, afford to allow our compassion to imperil our civilisation by allowing countless amounts in without proper checks. SADLY WE NOW SEE THE RESULT OF THIS failed EU approach. British intelligence officials now warn that Isis are actively exploiting refugee routes to come to Europe, with some determined to get into Britain and do us harm. We see the chaos in Cologne that took place on New Year’s Eve with women being assaulted by a group of up to 1,000 migrant men. Even top EU officials now admit that the majority of those coming into Europe are not refugees fleeing death or persecution, but are economic migrants. Events have caused the likes of journalist Allison Pearson (above) to conclude that to protect British women, we must leave the EU and take back control of our borders. So during this EU referendum we must make these arguments. That we are safer, more secure, outside of the EU running our own affairs with strong border controls.
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BUT WE AS A PARTY HAVE TO DO EVEN more than that. May 5th represents a massive set of elections for us as a party and will be a huge challenge organisationally. We have the chance of winning seats in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and London, as well as local elections and Police & Crime Commissioner elections too. My aim is for UKIP to be the only party that wins seats across all four parts of the United Kingdom. With your help, we can do it. All of us in UKIP want our country back. We all believe that we must leave the European Union so that we can make our own laws, negotiate our own trade deals, stop handing Brussels £55 million every single day and of course control our borders. THAT IS WHY I WAS DELIGHTED TO SHARE a cross-party platform in Kettering recently, under the banner of Grassroots Out. Though we in UKIP of course will have our differences with those in other parties, when it comes to this vital issue of EU membership we must work with those who genuinely want to leave the European Union and are prepared to put their heads above the parapet to campaign for this country’s independence. Country must come before party. The meeting brought us together with Conservative MPs Liam Fox, Peter Bone, Tom Pursglove and Philip Hollobone, as well as Labour MP Kate Hoey, DUP MP Sammy Wilson and was chaired by UKIP MEP Margot Parker. It was a magnificent day, a fantastic event for all of us who believe in this great cause to free our country from the shackles of the European Union. A huge thank you goes out to Arron Banks and Leave.EU who supported the event and helped make it the huge success it undoubtedly was. I hope that in the weeks and months ahead we will all go on doing what we can to grab this golden opportunity, win the referendum and free our country from the European Union. Nigel Farage MEP is the UKIP Party Leader nigel.farage@europarl.europa.eu
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Chairman Our message as we head to Llandudno: It’s all systems GO! ON FEBRUARY 19TH, DAVID CAMERON WILL emerge red-eyed and tousled from a marathon negotiating session with the other EU grandees (they may give him more than 15 minutes this time), and with his jaw set firm, declare that he has wrested major concessions for reform of the European Union. These ‘reforms’ will be some symbolic things we either already have or which can be ignored by the EU as soon as our back is turned – being allowed not to be in the Euro, setting a ‘target’ for cutting red tape, and exemption from ‘ever-closer union’; and one we don’t want – the right to withhold some benefits from migrants – as it will make no difference to the real problem that three-quarters of the UK want fixed right now: uncontrollable mass immigration.
Let’s Go! The cross-party launch was a massive success
More importantly, he will then almost certainly announce that the Referendum will be on June 23rd, giving us the minimum possible time to point out to the British people that this is hardly a ‘reformed EU’, and ensuring that the matter is got out of the way before the Summer Trafficking Season really ramps up. In that event, there will be 16 weeks for us to get the win. Just 16 weeks to identify all those who will vote for us, and get the right messages across to all those who are undecided. Yes, 16 weeks to knock on every door in the land, and ask people to vote to get our country back. It’s a tall order. That’s why we are enthusiastically backing a new group – Grassroots Out!, or GO! for short – which was launched in a blaze of glory (and a deafening silence from the big media) at Kettering on 23rd January. Labour’s Kate Hoey and former Tory Defence Secretary Liam Fox joined Nigel and the found-
Help us by checking your phone and email details now OUR new Membership Team in Bristol is going great guns helping members to renew and new people to join us. If you get a call from a polite youngster from Bristol, it’s on our behalf! They are finding, however, that a fair few of the members’ phone numbers are incorrectly recorded on our database. Meanwhile members are saying “I didn’t realise I needed to renew my membership until you rang”. Please make sure we have your correct phone number and, if at all possible, your email. This edition of the full Independence magazine is going out online, to save the huge cost of postage and make sure you get the information you need promptly. So letting us have your email address means we can keep you up to date with the campaign to get us out of the EU. We promise not to email you or phone you frivolously. Please call the team on 0333 800 6 800 or email callcentre@ukip. org to check and update your phone/email details. Steve Crowther is Party Chairman chairman@ukip.org
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STEVE CROWTHER
ing group of Northamptonshire MPs (Peter Bone, Philip Hollobone and Tom Pursglove, all real ‘outers’) to start the process of bringing together all the Leave campaigners from every party, constituency-by-constituency, to knock on doors and find the votes we need to win. And that’s what we have to do, starting now. Every UKIP branch needs to do one thing above all: combine with other ‘outers’, knock on every door and find whether the household is for Remain, Leave or Not Sure. That information is gold dust. We can then ignore the Remains, put all our efforts into converting the Not Sures, and get all the Leaves out to vote on the day. You can simply note the information on a copy of the Electoral Roll, or use a computerised Voter ID system (like the Caseworker system our target seats used in the General Election). There are several of these systems available at modest cost, and we will provide details to the branches of how to get them. As Peter Bone said, it doesn’t have to be complex: just take a piece of paper to write down the address, and whether they are Leave, Remain or DK. Simples! GO! will be taking part in our Conference in Llandudno, providing insights and training to help our branches achieve this substantial task – and build a historic victory.
From UKIP Myths to Europhile Fairy Tales MANY PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN TO ME ABOUT the ‘newspaper’ Europe & You which fluttered onto 10 million British doormats last week. Allegedly financed by Goldman Sachs, this spectacular damp squib gave a transparent (and useful) insight into how the Remains are going to fight the campaign. On page one, we heard the old canard about 3 million jobs, followed by the startling assertion
Leave it out, the Europe & You campaign ‘newspaper’
that the EU makes all of us richer (according to ‘independent experts’, the CBI), and lowers prices in our shops. The egregious European Arrest Warrant got a look-in too, suggesting a Lib-Dem hand behind the publication. TURN TO PAGE EIGHT
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On pages 2 and 3 we heard the same things again, plus the fact that holidaymakers get free emergency healthcare in EU countries. On the back, the same ‘facts’ are re-ordered to take a swing at six UKIP ‘myths’ (thank you, all credits gratefully received). Is that it? MEMBERS ARE ASKING WHAT WE’RE DOING ABOUT it. Fear not, the guns are being rolled up to the front, and we will blow this nonsense out of the water. Our new leaflet Do you know why we should stay in the EU? is starting to roll off the presses and will be with you shortly.
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The card Who wants to join the Euro? is now being shipped to the Regional Organisers for distribution. And we are developing our answer to the Europhiles’ flimsy arguments: the Risks of Remaining. The first of these forms the topic of our first official Party Political Broadcast which airs this week – Risks of Remaining in the EU, No 1: Turkey Joins.
Let’s all go to Llandudno OUR 2016 SPRING CONFERENCE ON FEBRUARY 27 could be the opening event of the Leave campaign proper, if the Referendum announcement is
made in the preceding week. And let’s not forget that on 5th May, our performance in the major elections in Scotland, Wales, London and Northern Ireland will have a huge effect on UKIP’s (and the Leave campaign’s) fortunes in the Referendum a month later. We’ll be both launching our election campaigns, and unveiling the key messages for the Referendum campaign, on the Risks of Remaining in the EU. Quentin Letts, the iconoclastic political sketch-writer for the Daily Mail, will be coming, and speaking at the Gala Dinner on Friday, Febraury 26. We will have speakers such as Henry Bolton, the Foreign Office’s adviser on Border Security to the EU’s External Action Service. And for the first time we will be welcoming Outers from other parties to our platform, under the GO! umbrella. This is a Conference not to be missed, a historic event in a beautiful seaside location. Don’t delay – book your tickets and accommodation today at ukip.org/spring2016
World expert on Border Security, and a UKIPper SPEAKING alongside Diane James MEP at Llandudno on 27th February, to launch the second of our big Risks of Remaining – the Risk to our Security – will be Henry Bolton OBE. Henry is an active UKIP member in Kent, and our candidate for Police & Crime Commissioner in the County. But he is also recognised as one of the world’s leading experts on national border strategies. A former Army officer and decorated ex-policeman, Henry is currently seconded by the Foreign Office to advise the EU’s External
Henry Bolton OBE
Action Service on border security and stabilisation missions – not dealing with their own borders, but helping other countries with border control problems. His expertise was gained during 21 years working in and with the military, including deployment with the US Marines in Helmand and a Mission Command in Kosovo. He served as a District Governor for the UN, was Senior Border Security Adviser to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and founded the International Border Security and Management Staff College in Tajikistan. If anyone knows how we should be securing our borders after Brexit, Henry does.
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On the missing list... UKIP Cllr Denis Crawford
Councillor’s family call police after no sign of Denis over two hectic days A HARD-WORKING UKIP COUNCILLOR WAS SO busy attending meetings that his family reported him missing to police. Two police officers interrupted a meeting of Thetford Town Council in Norfolk on Tuesday evening, January 26, searching for Denis Crawford. The UKIP councillor, who also serves on Norfolk County and Breckland District Council, had been reported missing by his family after leaving home at 7am on Monday, January 25. He arrived back at his house at 10pm only to set off again at 7am the following morning. Little did he know that his daughter had been trying to track him down and eventually grew so concerned she contacted police. Two PCSOs were dispatched and tracked him down to the council meeting. “It was a huge surprise. The first thing I knew about any concerns was when two officers poked their heads around the door and asked for me, Cllr Crawford said. “I was thinking ‘what’s wrong?’ but the officers explained they were looking for me because I hadn’t been seen at home for such a long time.” Cllr Crawford said he had spent nearly five hours in an adult social services meeting, followed by a Breckland planning consultation and an action group meeting on Monday. On Tuesday, he was at a children’s services committee meeting, then a UKIP group meeting followed by the full town council meeting. He said: “It’s not an unusual schedule - I guess it just highlights how hard people in local government work. “I went back into the meeting and asked the mayor if I could interrupt proceedings to explain what happened. “Everybody took it in good humour but I’m sure I’ll get a bit of stick from my fellow councillors.”
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Party Director
PAUL OAKDEN
Why our role in the referendum is so important THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR MEMBERS haven’t had the good fortune of meeting our Head Office team in Devon. This small group all work incredibly hard and their efforts are so often responsible for the little things that we all know work, but don’t often give much thought to. On Christmas Eve I volunteered to divert the Head Office phone number to my office in Leicestershire so that they could begin their festive preparations a little earlier; it was a well-deserved gesture and for my part an opportunity to learn first-hand the sort of things that prompt our membership to call in. Primarily the calls were good wishes for Christmas, branch queries and requests for contact details which I managed to bat through with little difficulty, but it was the last call of the day I wanted to share with you. At 5:47pm on Christmas Eve a gentleman rang our Head Office saying that he wanted to re-join UKIP. I learnt that his membership had lapsed a few months earlier and he’d decided not to renew for a variety of well-articulated reasons. Delighted that he’d chosen to become a member again I was keen to know what had prompted the call at such a time on Christmas Eve! He told me he’d just read an article online discussing the impending referendum. It outlined the various groups and sides that were being formed ready for battle but made only a whispering comment about UKIP and our leader Nigel Farage. My caller was outraged, and his final comment resonated such that I felt compelled to share it with all of you: “This is UKIP’s referendum. UKIP did this for Britain and UKIP need to be leading the debate, not just an afterthought. This party is more important now than they have ever been and I want to help make sure they stay that way.” Now there’s a New Year’s Resolution we should all share. 2015 CLOSED WITH THE BY-ELECTION IN Oldham West & Royton. What an experience it was for those of us fortunate enough to work with John Bickley and his campaign.
This will be key to our successes in the future and I’d ask everybody able to walk the streets and knock on doors to speak to your local chairman to see how you can help. JANUARY HAS ALREADY FLOWN BY BUT this year offers far more electoral promise to UKIP than 2015 ever could and we all need to think of what we can do to help bring that promise to fruition. With massive Assembly Elections in London, Northern Ireland, and Wales and Parliamentary Elections in Scotland, we Rain, gales and sleet... need help in all four parts of Britain. UKIP nothing deterred Bickley’s is the only Party with representation across band of activists Britain and our growing membership will John was an outstanding candidate for play such a crucial part in those successes. our party again and we all felt immense Local Elections in 2016 are going to be as pride at being by his side as he dragged important as ever for us. UKIP Councillors the Labour Party through another vat of continue to work wonders across the UK home truths in Greater Manchester. and are showing just what we can do when In any election that you don’t win, we get into Local Government. there is always a need to look at what Time and time again it’s proven that to be you could do better next time and the successful in a Westminster Constituency party has already begun that process but Election a party must first succeed in an for my part I wanted to take this area’s Local Elections. It is the foundation opportunity to say an enormous THANK upon which future success is built and is YOU to every one of our members who why finding a maximum number of travelled up to support the campaign. candidates should be a priority for us all. Despite rain, gales, sleet and sleeplessness, nothing seemed able to keep so FINALLY I WANT TO MENTION OUR SPRING many of you away from getting stuck in Conference in Llandudno. All Conferences are important to UKIP; they help us to come to Jeremy Corbyn. together, to share our best practice and to The small team who worked there hear some of our wonderful speakers but with me every day played their part too this one perhaps is the most important on a diet of exhaustion, uncomfortable chairs and spam fritters. They know who Conference we have ever held. It could well be the last time our Party they are and I thank them all. comes together before the referendum and SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT with that on the horizon it’s important to you were beaten by a bigger machine gather one last time and plan for battle. and in Oldham we were. What aided Alongside that is the fact that it’s taking Labour so well though was that dozens place in Wales. I’ve spent a good amount of of local councillors were able to pound time in Wales recently and there is no doubt the streets every day and they knew in my mind that our supporters and activexactly where their voters were. ists there have created an environment that is perfect for UKIP to capitalise on Until we’re in a similar position in electoral success in May. We need to show every constituency in Britain then we our support to them at this crucial time. will always be starting the race from a So whatever you have in your diary for long way back. February, make sure that our Spring I’m now working with your Regional Conference in Llandudno is a fixed feature Teams to promote versions of Voter ID on February 27. I look forward to seeing software across the country so that we you there. can start to build our own database of voters in preparation for the 2020 Paul Oakden is Party Director partydirector@ukip.org General Election.
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Suitable for out-of-town motoring. Easy to fit by clipping on your car window. Boldly displays the UKIP logo and telephone number. Size: Flag 12” x 18” Pole 19.5” CODE 066 £15 per pair
Holds up to 12 copies of Independence Magazine. CODE 922 £12 each
UKIP Logo Mug
UKIP Purple Golf Umbrella
Colourful UKIP logos on a white background. H 3 1/2” x 3” diameter. CODE 834 £9 or 2 for £16
Attractive purple umbrella with the UKIP logo displayed on four of the eight panels. Length when closed 39”. CODE 384 £27 each or 2 for £50
UKIP Postpeg A simple but effective device for delivering leaflets and cards through letterboxes without risking fingers! As used by the Royal Mail. CODE 960 SALE PRICE £1.50 (Was £3)
UKIP Button Badge
UKIP Purple Cotton Bag Natural cotton shopper with long handles. Size 15”w x 16”h. CODE 381 £4.50 or 2 for £8
2” Diameter with safety pin fastening. Purple CODE 455P Yellow CODE 455Y £1.20 each 10 for £8 25 for £17.50 (Colours can be mixed)
UKIP Clipboard
Black foolscap clipboard. A must for canvassing with a 7” UKIP logo on the back that cannot be missed! CODE 920 £5 each
I’M VOTING UKIP Posters Double-sided - A4 Size CODE 004 £5 per 50
‘I Believe in Britain’ Bumper Sticker Adhesive on back of sticker. Size: L 11.5” x H 3” CODE 059 £1.50 each
101 Reasons Why We Should Leave The EU
‘I Reject EU Citizenship’ Window Sticker Adhesive on front of sticker. Size: L 11.5" x H 3" CODE 056 £1.50 each
Hugh Williams has written a brief report setting out in simple terms why the UK should leave the EU. He makes a very convincing case. In short there is no doubt that the UK would be better off out.
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UKIP Balloons
Rise to the challenge with these highly visible 12” UKIP Believe in Britain latex balloons. Available in purple, yellow or mix the colours for more impact.
Purple CODE 450P Yellow CODE 450Y £0.35 each 20 for £6 50 for £12.50
INDEPENDENCE FEBRUARY 2016
Shop Purple Criss-cross Silk Tie Our most recent design in the UKIP colours. W 3¾” CODE 193 £20 each
Purple Criss-cross Ladies Silk Scarf Our most recent design in the UKIP colours. L 60” x W 12” CODE 446 £25 each
UKIP Backing Britain Hi-vis jacket
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UKIP Plastic Carrier Bag An ideal promotional item, and priced accordingly for bulk purchases. CODE 378 50p each 25 for £10 50 for £15 100 for £25
The hi-vis jacket to be see in! Yellow tabard with velcro fastening and reflective strips for extra safety. 100% polyester Available in L/XL (Chest size 45–46.5”) CODE 900XL 2XL (48.5–51”) CODE 9002XL £5.50 each
UKIP Metal Badge
GB NUMBER PLATE STICKERS Designed to cover the EU panel on ‘Ring of Stars’ number plates. 4¼” x 1¾” CODE 052 £1.20 per pair
Metal badge with yellow or purple background. 1” diameter with butterfly pin fastening Yellow CODE 063Y Purple CODE 063P £3 each
Europe: In or Out?: Everything you need to know by David Charter
A clear, comprehensive and compelling guide to the impact of the EU and the implications of a British exit, this objective and unbiased handbook, from an expert in the field, is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Britain’s future. CODE 246 £8.99 each
UKIP Hoodie Available in purple or black. 50% cotton 50% polyester Medium = 38-40” chest
Black CODE 336BM Purple CODE 336PM Large = 42–44” chest
UKIP Biro
Black CODE 336BL Purple plastic biro with black Purple CODE 336PL Polyester flags with 2 brass ink. An ideal promotional item, XL = 46–48” chest eyelets and double stitched for and priced accordingly for bulk Black CODE 336BXL extra strength. purchases. 5’ x 3’ CODE 070 £15 each Purple CODE 336PXL CODE 405 £1 each 3’ x 2’ CODE 075 £10 each 20 for £16 50 for £30 £25 each To place an order, call 01626 831 290, visit our website store.ukip.org or send this order form to the UKIP Shop, PO Box 408, Newton Abbot TQ12 9BG.
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SPRING CONFERENCE – CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF
Let’s GO! Llandudno SPRING CONFERENCE 2015 VENUE CYMRU, LLANDUDNO
Friday, February 26 – Gala Dinner Saturday, February 27– Conference and GO! launch
SPEAKERS INCLUDE
Nigel Farage Quentin Letts
Diane James
Henry Bolton
• Launching our campaigns to break into Cardiff Bay, Holyrood, Stormont and the London Assembly • Kicking off the campaign that will win us the Referendum: unveiling our ‘Big Risks of Staying in the EU’ strategy • Joining up with the cross-party Grassroots Out! (GO!) team to maximise the ‘Leave’ vote in every constituency Come to beautiful Llandudno on the North Wales coast for what could be the last Conference before the country votes to Leave the EU. Support our teams who are looking to break into the Scottish Parliament and Welsh, N Ireland and London Assemblies.
Book tickets and accommodation at ukip.org/spring2016 TODAY, while there’s still space – these places are selling like hot cakes!
Day Pass (Feb 27).........................................................£30 Young Independence Day Pass..................................£5 Gala Dinner (Feb 26)...................................................£45
We’ll be hearing from one of the world’s leading experts on Border Control and Security, former UN Governor and EU adviser (and UKIP member) Henry Bolton OBE. With Home Affairs spokesman Diane James MEP, he will be showing how leaving the EU is vital to maintaining our security – one of the ‘Big Risks of Staying in the EU’ which we will be unveiling.
(Please note, booking fee applies)
And the for the first time, we will welcome MPs and representatives from the Conservative and Labour parties to our Conference platform, to introduce the GO! initiative, bringing all the ‘Outers’ together in every constituency to make sure we maximise our result. Get the training, support and materials YOUR BRANCH needs, to engage with every Leave voter to make sure we GET OUR COUNTRY BACK.
Join us at the Gala Dinner to hear Quentin Letts, Daily Mail Parliamentary sketch-writer, famous Eurosceptic and scourge of political correctness, give his views on the forthcoming contest.
To book your tickets call 0333 666 33 66 or visit ukip.org/spring2016 PLEASE NOTE: For security purposes, you will need to give your membership number to book tickets, and identify yourself on arrival.
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