Ukip voters snub Tory appeal to ‘ come home’
VOTERS will not listen to David Cameron’s call for them to “come home” to the Tory party, Nigel Farage said yesterday.
He said key issues such as EU membership, immigration and defence spending are now very much “back in play”.
The Ukip leader also insisted the campaign was going well even though he admitted his party has “slipped back a bit” in the polls.
During a visit to Dudley in the West Midlands, Mr Farage said: “We are exactly where we were last August, having won the European elections – we were on 14- and- a- bit per cent.
“We won the European elections, we found that level and we did have a rally in the autumn through the remarkable events of fi rst Clacton and then, perhaps more remarkably, the Rochester by- election. We’ve slipped back a bit since then. There are 30 days to go and the issues Ukip is campaigning on are back in play.” Promising to spend £ 16billion extra on defence, Mr Farage also hit back at Mr Cameron’s appeal on Monday for Ukip voters to “come home” to the Tories.
He said the remarks “show how little Mr Cameron understands” and said Ukip was more than a protest vote.
He added: “Come home to what? Wind turbines? Doubling the debt? Open- door immigration and still a belief we should maintain membership of the European Union?
“Those Conservatives that have left have found a much more authentic home.”