Reply #7: Given the UKIP's success in Hartlepool [View All]

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I thought that it might be a pertinent time to kick this thread with an article from the BBC website. That Kilroy-Silk does seem to be getting a tad carried away with himself IMHO but nonetheless, make of this what you will.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3711092.stm

Robert Kilroy-Silk has confirmed he wants to be the leader of UKIP but says there is no mechanism for him to run against current leader Roger Knapman. The MEP told the BBC's Breakfast with Frost programme he believed he had the support of every senior member of UKIP.

Explaining how the party's unexpected gains in June had changed his plans, Mr Kilroy-Silk said: "But then of course he got a massive election result and probably he liked the size of his new train set." But Mr Knapman said: "It is not within my grasp to come to such a deal and indeed such a deal was never come to or even discussed."

UKIP, which favours withdrawal from the EU, has just reversed its position on not standing against eurosceptic Tory MPs at its party conference in Bristol.

Mr Kilroy-Silk told the conference there must be no deal between UKIP and the Tories. He said: "The Conservative Party is dying. Why would you want to give it the kiss of life? What we have to do is kill it."