Another Conservative defecting to UKIP

We lived near Strood when Reckless was elected, and I am sure I remember that the first time he appeared in the press was after he had got seriously p****d in the Commons bar.

But the popular appeal of UKIP both to the public and to MPs, is worrying. Listening to Farage on the news yesterday, it is even clearer than ever that he knows exactly which buttons to press to activate people's worries and fears. Whether his party could actually solve the nation's problems is another matter.

But my, isn't he enjoying it all?

UKIP if you like, I'm going off to bed as well.
Night night, Hamish.

Oh I see - a vision that brings a smile durhamjen

In my head....Westiminster.

What picture? My next door neighbour always has Westies - and she always calls every, single one of them Hamish.

Lovely picture, HollyDaze. One of my sons has two Westies.

Westiminster? Must be approaching bedtime ...

How many more, from which party??

It's all highly entertaining. It's about time Westiminster got a real shake-up, they had become far too complacent - believing nothing and no-one could ever challenge the usual two-horse racers.

I've been trying to watch the UKIP programmes (bad form BBC to have such poor sound quality for the first 20 minutes or so) but the programme cut off after 50mins . Apart from their NHS and anti-gay marriage, from what I saw in that 50 minutes I liked the sound of it. At least none of them looked and sounded like they'd just walked out of the Eton/Harrow bubble but still believing they know the general public's needs and wants. Their mates-rates would work out cheaper as well

Just seen him trying to justify himself on the news. My first thought was there are a lot more tory MPs who look just like the two defectors. I wonder if they are all queuing up to join them.

A good name for a defector to UKIP.

Spell checker.

Strood not Stroke.