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

This may you are going to be art -- asked to vote for a new Mayor of

London and members for the London Assembly. It is quite a strange

election because despite the hype, the mayor has very limited powers.

His main responsibility is for transport yet London's transport

problems will not be solved by a few shiny red buses and cutting

fares. The single largest commuter group is the motorist. Over 35% of

commuter journeys in London involve the car. It is even higher in the

outer boroughs. Yet the motorist is constantly being penalised. I want

to introduce 20 minutes free parking across London, to help

boost local shops and communities. Funnily enough, this isn't what is

on the minds of Londoners as I go around London. They are concerned

about the threats to their jobs, concerned about rising unemployment.

Concerned about housing and poor performing schools. These are the

issues that really matter to ordinary Londoners. At the moment,

bankers have a very bad name. There are those who want to bring them

down a peg or two. We understand that. Like the fishing industry,

steel and manufacturing before then, there are those who want to use

this as an attack on our most important sector, the financial

services sector. Remember, this is an industry that provides �65

billion in tax to the United Kingdom every year. An awful lot of

schools and hospitals that are paid for. If all the EU regulations and

financial transaction tax by introduced, it is estimated we

could lose 500,000 jobs. -- are introduced. It is the jobs of

ordinary Londoners, secretaries, IT workers, cabbies, retail staff,

whose jobs are under threat, because the bankers will look after

themselves, because they can always move abroad. A massive economic

crisis is looming which will affect Londoners massively. 500,000 jobs

will be affected. Yes and Londoners are not yet aware of the full

impact on their lives. They soon will be. I find people are talking

about the impact of open-door immigration. It affects housing,

transport and their jobs. We have an influx of EU citizens, having a

detrimental effect on our services. Especially in this climate, being

strained duty this influx of people. I think UKIP have the right idea

when they want to concentrate on regaining Britain back for the

ordinary Londoner. Everywhere we have been, the reception is good,

people agree with everything we are saying, it is resonating with the

people of London. I am not surprised. The truth is there isn't

much that the or the London Assembly can do about the serious

problems that London faces -- there isn't much that the mayor, or

London Assembly. If you agree immigration is leading to higher

unemployment, if you agree that a blizzard of regulation coming out

of Brussels is damaging every small business in London, please use May