SIR – I welcome a new poll of voting intentions showing that UKIP is now only two points behind the Tories.
The survey by Survation showed that the Conservatives have slumped by five points to a record low of 24 per cent.
UKIP has jumped six points since the start of the month – days before it scored dramatic local election wins – to 22 per cent.
Labour has slipped one point to 35 per cent but its lead over the Tories stretched to 11 points. The Liberal Democrats were down one point at 11 per cent.
Survation’s findings – based on 1,000 responses from an online panel – were calculated using a weighting system to reflect a number of factors including individuals’ stated likelihood to vote.
It also showed an eight-point rise to 30 per cent since January of those intending to back UKIP in next year’s European Parliament elections, with the Tories down four points at 20 per cent and Labour unchanged on 30 per cent.
The Conservative Party is running scared of us, and quite rightly so.
They and the other parties realise that our policies resonate with the man in the street and are plain common sense.
Godfrey Bloom MEP
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