I find it interesting that one of UKIPs flagship polices is to limit immigration and, in fact, make it all but impossible.
Given the overall net benefit of migrationn into the UK by, for example Polish immigrants, it is clear that the targeted policies of UKIP, such as insisting immigrants provide 5 years worth of private education and health care for their dependents, would be detrimental to our economic growth. Every comprehensive and balanced study of the situation has shown central and eastern European immigrants have given more than they have taken in terms of contributions to the UK economy.
The fact they want to limit immigration by race/nationality rather than skill level is racist and is the reason their 'poster girl' Alexandra Swan publically announced 4 days ago she would no longer be campaigning for them.
When they talk about '800,000 jobs being advertised to EU workers' what they don't mention is, of course, those self same jobs are also advertised in the UK! Nor do they say how many of the jobs actually go to people hired from abroad (and of course if British workers were willing to offer the language skills needed by many multi-national companies many of these jobs could go to British people).
'No votes for prisoners' - um, most prisoners can't vote anyway. Only people on remand (ie not yet convicted of anything) and those awaiting sentencing can vote. You are talking a teeny-weeny number of actual people who may be eligible to vote when an actual election takes place. But hey-ho, makes you sound like you are being 'tough on crime' to people who can't or won't think.
'Scrap the European Arrest Warrant' - because it 'sends British citizens to foreign prisons without evidence'. Er, no it doesn't and it also allows us to seek the arrest, detention and extradition of British criminals who sod off to the Costa Del Crime.
'Prioritise social housing for people who were born locally' - really, this is so unworkable as to be an absolute joke. Very few people in economically mobile groups live and work where they were born.
'Teach children positive messages and pride in their country' - over my dead body would I allow a bunch of bigots like UKIP to decide what kind of 'positive message' my children will be taught on gay rights, multi-culturalism, immigration, poverty or anything else.
UKIPs policies do not stand up to the most basic level of social or economic scrutiny because they are not realistic policies of a party trying to achieve power. They are meaningless soundbites designed to provoke ire in the unthinking to generate enough votes to enable 'TeamNigel' to ride the coat tails of the gravy train he professes to despise.