WILLIAM HILL BACKS UKIP AS EURO CAMPAIGN COMES TO A HEAD AT CAMBRIDGE HUSTINGS

David Campbell- Bannerman, spoke at Cambridge hustings meeting.

The Bookmakers, William Hill, are giving odds of 5/4 on UKIP taking more seats in the European Parliamentary Election than the Labour Party.  Their odds on the Labour Party doing better than UKIP are a mere 11/8.*

 

David Campbell Bannerman, the Party’s Deputy Leader and Lead Candidate in the Eastern Counties, speaking after a NO2ID/Oxfam/Amnesty International Hustings meeting in Cambridge last night (1st June 2009) said:

 

“The William Hill odds chime with what we are finding out on the streets talking to people.  Our clear message that Britain should leave the EU so that we can stop paying £40 million a day to Brussels and regain control of our borders and our democracy is really resonating with voters.  They are genuinely shocked to learn that 75% of new legislation passing through Westminster originates with the unelected European Commission.

 

“Richard Howitt, Labour’s Lead Candidate, who also took part in the hustings meeting, clearly has no interest in listening to the views of the voters.  He dismissed any debate about EU membership as ‘stupid’ and remarked ‘you had your referendum in 1975’.  I think it really is about time not just Richard Howitt but also Gordon Brown started listening to the voters because UKIP is on course to pick up more seats than Labour, the governing Party.

 

“The message is clear – vote UKIP, to get Gordon Brown out”.