elections

Am so tired; haven't been to bed since Wednesday night, but am alert enough to be unimpressed with the election results. Labour didn't do as bad as they could have, but they didn't do well. And Cameron's Conservatives did make lots of gains, yes, but they've also sold out. And considering the state of this government, they should have done better.

Am disappointed by the UKIP results in Wales: the BNP did too well, sadly, and ruined our chances of getting a list seat in North Wales. However, there were seats we stood in for the first time where we secured some respectable results: Bruce Lawson scored 10.1% in Montgomeryshire, to name one. The party has also secured some new council seats and some very good places with high percentages, which means we are building up a good local network in places in the country.

I think the thing which stands out about all of this, though, is the bloody shambles of the Scottish votes. How can they have independence when they can't even get ballot boxes to the mainland?

Latest YouGov poll

Shows that under the leadership of Nigel Farage, UKIP have doubled the number of people who are planning on voting for us in the next general election. Whilst there is still a long way to go, of course, it is incredibly encouraging to see.

I am most pleased about the Midlands and Wales score, which shows UK Independence on 7% and bodes well for our Welsh campaign where we are the only party who want to stop the hideous waste that is yet another regional assembly stuffed to the brim with people who may have trouble with their own shoe laces.

The squeeze question this time was about voting intention apart from the three main parties, which shows that despite many in the media, leaders of the opposition etc. trying to discredit UK Independence by ridiculing their sensible policies such as cutting tax and free trade, many people do support us and what we stand for:



So there.

Much work still to do, but it's all moving in the right direction.