The UK Independence Party: 25/04/2012 Party Election Broadcasts

We're outside Bombardier here in Derby,

Britain's last train manufacturer.

They've had to cut their workforce by nearly half in the last year.

They are now surviving on short-term contracts.

The people of Derby are incensed that our Government

has let down our railway industry.

And why? So that multibillion-pound contracts for rolling stock

that are going to run on British railways

can be awarded to foreign competitors.

Like most people, we had to start at the bottom.

We thought the Conservative Party was the natural party

for the strivers, the go-getters,

the party for low taxation and less state interference.

But over time, it has just become another tax and spend party,

taking more and more of people's money

and not giving any help to those working families.

There are a huge number of people like us,

who feel that the main parties,

to which they have been loyal for many years,

just aren't representing them any more.

We now see UKIP as the natural home for

previous Conservative voters like us

who want a party that genuinely and passionately believes in

taxing people less, promoting wealth creation

and a party, above all, that says,

"If we're going to make laws for this country,

"they should be made IN this country."

I was a Labour councillor for 14 years

when I decided to join UKIP because UKIP believes in its country

and its people. It believes in genuine localism

and bringing power back to the heart of the community

without toeing the party line.

All over the country, from every walk of life,

people like you are turning to UKIP and saying,

"Enough's enough. It's time we got our country back."

And because of that, we have overtaken the Lib Dems

and we're now third in the polls.

If you go out on May 3rd and vote UKIP,

you are voting to take power away from professional career politicians

in Brussels and Westminster and to return it to the people.

Last year in Ramsey in Cambridgeshire,

we took control of a town council for the first time,

and there, we've been able to show people

what we are really capable of.

In local government, UKIP has two key principles -

community before party and what we call rolling up your sleeves.

Community before party

is making sure that every one of our councillors

are there for their community, not the party line.

Rolling up your sleeves does as it sounds.

It's about allowing people to be involved.

And what's wonderful about that

is not just that it builds a better community.

but it also means we have to charge less tax.

And, of course, that's what it's all about.

There is far far too much bureaucracy in local government.

We have too many professional politicians

and by getting the people involved, we can cuts costs.

By cutting costs, that money can go back into our communities

and our people can spend it in their towns.

I think it's been good for the town itself.

We've noticed that policing's better in the town, you know.

Yeah, it's more visible. Erm, the town's a lot tidier.

If you elect a UKIP council,

you're electing a council that will fight for the green belt

and stop the building of wind turbines.

It's a council that will regenerate town centres

and tackle antisocial behaviour

and the things that really cause people a problem in their lives.

The definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over

and expecting a different result.

If you go out and vote for the old parties on May 3rd,

you will get more failure.

Failure on jobs, immigration, crime

and the prospects for our young people.

It's time for a real change. It's time for the politics of conviction.

It's time for a party that says,

"We will put the interests of the British people first."

Go out on May 3rd and vote for the UK Independence Party.