Is Ukip becoming too mainstream? (AUDIO)

 

Ukip have had to adjust to being in the public eye and party leader Nigel Farage has been clearing up the image of “fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists” as Prime Minister David Cameron summarised in April 2006.

But since the post 2010 drive by Ukip to become a major force in British politics, some of those from within the party have become annoyed by the ways in which the party has changed.

On November 19, Dorset chairman of Young Independence (Ukip’s youth wing) Zac Stanworth tweeted: “I fear the UKIP dream is fading, seems to be turning into a PC mainstream party to me.”

Outspoken and gaffe-prone former MEP Godfrey Bloom resigned from the party in October claiming on LBC the party had become too mainstream.

YI chairman Jack Duffin said: “Nobody is telling any MEP or figures in the party what to say. Our people actually speak from the heart and speak honestly.”