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| UKIP parking its tanks on Labour's lawn - Farage | UKIP parking its tanks on Labour's lawn - Farage |
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| Nigel Farage has issued a pre-election warning to Ed Miliband that UKIP is targeting voters in Labour's traditional heartlands. | Nigel Farage has issued a pre-election warning to Ed Miliband that UKIP is targeting voters in Labour's traditional heartlands. |
| Speaking at UKIP's annual conference in Doncaster, where the Labour leader is an MP, he said: "It's no coincidence that we're holding our conference here. | Speaking at UKIP's annual conference in Doncaster, where the Labour leader is an MP, he said: "It's no coincidence that we're holding our conference here. |
| "We are now parking our tanks on the Labour Party's lawn." | "We are now parking our tanks on the Labour Party's lawn." |
| He said the Eurosceptic party was "tearing vast chunks" out of the Labour vote in the north of England and Wales. | He said the Eurosceptic party was "tearing vast chunks" out of the Labour vote in the north of England and Wales. |
| Labour responded by calling Mr Farage's party "more Tory than the Tories." | Labour responded by calling Mr Farage's party "more Tory than the Tories." |
| UKIP has been portrayed as more of a threat to the Conservatives than to Labour by the media, Mr Farage said. | UKIP has been portrayed as more of a threat to the Conservatives than to Labour by the media, Mr Farage said. |
| "They [the mainstream media] would have you believe that we pose a mortal threat to David Cameron's Conservative Party," Mr Farage said. | "They [the mainstream media] would have you believe that we pose a mortal threat to David Cameron's Conservative Party," Mr Farage said. |
| "They're wrong. The reason the Conservative Party will not get a majority at the next general election has nothing to do with us - they've done the job themselves." | "They're wrong. The reason the Conservative Party will not get a majority at the next general election has nothing to do with us - they've done the job themselves." |
| 'Sick and tired' | 'Sick and tired' |
| Mr Farage said his party "posed a threat to the entire British political class", not just the Conservatives as the "establishment believed". | Mr Farage said his party "posed a threat to the entire British political class", not just the Conservatives as the "establishment believed". |
| Referring to two forthcoming by-elections, where UKIP candidates will challenge previously Conservative and Labour seats, Mr Farage said: "We've now got the Labour Party as worried in Heywood and Middleton as we've got the Conservatives in Clacton. | Referring to two forthcoming by-elections, where UKIP candidates will challenge previously Conservative and Labour seats, Mr Farage said: "We've now got the Labour Party as worried in Heywood and Middleton as we've got the Conservatives in Clacton. |
| "This party is not about left and right - it's about right and wrong." | "This party is not about left and right - it's about right and wrong." |
| Mr Farage also told delegates he was "sick and tired" of hearing that a vote for UKIP would let Labour in. | Mr Farage also told delegates he was "sick and tired" of hearing that a vote for UKIP would let Labour in. |
| "The message that needs to come out from this conference is that actually, in our target seats next year, in the by-elections and in the general election, if you vote UKIP you will get UKIP," he said. | "The message that needs to come out from this conference is that actually, in our target seats next year, in the by-elections and in the general election, if you vote UKIP you will get UKIP," he said. |
| "If we get this right, and if we win enough seats in that parliament in what is going to be a tight general election we could even say to people 'vote UKIP to hold the balance of power'." he added. | "If we get this right, and if we win enough seats in that parliament in what is going to be a tight general election we could even say to people 'vote UKIP to hold the balance of power'." he added. |
| Analysis | |
| by Ross Hawkins, BBC political correspondent | |
| Nigel Farage sounded more like a man giving a stump speech than a conference season set piece. | |
| That was no surprise. | |
| There are two by-elections due within the fortnight. | |
| He has downplayed UKIP's chances in the Heywood and Middleton by-election - previously a Labour constituency. | |
| But he gave a pretty good idea of the tone of the UKIP campaign. | |
| He alleged Labour policies were responsible for child abuse in the north of England. | |
| UKIP has long held that it poses a threat to Ed Miliband as well as David Cameron. | |
| The coming fight in Greater Manchester gives the party an opportunity to prove it, and Labour a chance to fight back. | |
| UKIP unveiled a number of tax proposals on Friday, saying it would cut income tax from 40p to 35p for people earning up to £55,000, and promising to raise to £13,500 the amount people can earn before paying any income tax. | UKIP unveiled a number of tax proposals on Friday, saying it would cut income tax from 40p to 35p for people earning up to £55,000, and promising to raise to £13,500 the amount people can earn before paying any income tax. |
| The party's plans included stripping the right of "billionaires from Russia and Arab countries like Saudi Arabia" to come to the UK for VAT-free shopping on designer goods such as shoes and handbags. | The party's plans included stripping the right of "billionaires from Russia and Arab countries like Saudi Arabia" to come to the UK for VAT-free shopping on designer goods such as shoes and handbags. |
| Mr Farage told journalists after his conference speech that Russian and Saudi billionaires "should not be able to buy up the West End and claim their tax back". | Mr Farage told journalists after his conference speech that Russian and Saudi billionaires "should not be able to buy up the West End and claim their tax back". |
| Some people thought Russian and Saudi visitors were "bringing benefit" to the UK, but really they were "coming here on the cheap", he said. | Some people thought Russian and Saudi visitors were "bringing benefit" to the UK, but really they were "coming here on the cheap", he said. |
| Asked how much he had paid for his shoes, Mr Farage hesitated before saying "£199" - just under the threshold were the new VAT rate would start. | Asked how much he had paid for his shoes, Mr Farage hesitated before saying "£199" - just under the threshold were the new VAT rate would start. |
| Labour's shadow minister for the Cabinet Office, Michael Dugher, said: "The ex-banker, ex-Tory boy Farage is a politician trying to fool the public with weasel words - but working people will see through his act." | Labour's shadow minister for the Cabinet Office, Michael Dugher, said: "The ex-banker, ex-Tory boy Farage is a politician trying to fool the public with weasel words - but working people will see through his act." |
| Passports | Passports |
| During the conference, UKIP immigration spokesman Steven Wolfe said the party wants to strip terrorists of their passports, and deny entry to asylum seekers without ID documents. | During the conference, UKIP immigration spokesman Steven Wolfe said the party wants to strip terrorists of their passports, and deny entry to asylum seekers without ID documents. |
| He called for separate immigration queues for UK citizens at border entry points. | He called for separate immigration queues for UK citizens at border entry points. |
| He also wanted to boost the number of frontline border staff and search teams by 2,500. | He also wanted to boost the number of frontline border staff and search teams by 2,500. |
| The party added that it will give armed forces personnel who have served for a minimum of 12 years the option of joining the border force or the police when they leave military service. | The party added that it will give armed forces personnel who have served for a minimum of 12 years the option of joining the border force or the police when they leave military service. |