UKIP beat Tories into third in Eastleigh as LiB Dems keep the seat (From Bournemouth Echo)
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UKIP beat Tories into third in Eastleigh as LiB Dems keep the seat
8:22am Friday 1st March 2013 in News
UKIP beat Tories into third in Eastleigh as LiB Dems keep the seat
Mike Thornton is the new MP for Eastleigh after the Liberal Democrats swept to victory by in the by election. this morning
Securing 32 per cent of the vote the Liberal Democrats were celebrating retaining the seat vacated by disgraced former MP Chris Huhne.
In his victory speech he told the crowd: "we can do it, we have done it and we will do it again."
He said he would focus on being a hard working constituency MP.
He added:"it is strong signal of support for Nick Clegg and a huge boost to his government, mission in government.
But the story of the night was the performance of the UKIP party whose candidate Diane James secured an historic second place, pushing Maria Hutchings into a disappointing third place.
Mr Thornton said: "The people of Eastleigh recognise that here the Liberal Democrats have always had a superb record of delivery.
"We have always listened to what people want and always made sure we did a good job extremely well."
- See how the by-election drama unfolded - click here
- Meet the new Eastleigh MP - click here
- Wife overwhelmed by victory - click here
- The night UKIP almost took centre stage - click here
- The full list of results from by-election - click here
Comments(7)
l'anglais
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9:35am Fri 1 Mar 13
Hessenford wrote:All the time there are Xenophobes, UKIP and their ilk will get their 15 minutes of fame.
Glad the Tories got a drubbing and glad that UKIP have at last been recognised.
I do get fed up with the same old smugness and rhetoric from the winner though, I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do that.
benjamin
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9:38am Fri 1 Mar 13
Hessenford
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10:25am Fri 1 Mar 13
benjamin wrote:Don't bet on it, Tories, listen to the people, too arrogant for that, hopefully after the next general election Cameron wont see the inside of number 10 ever again
Maybe this will make Cameron start listening to the people. If not, he will never see the inside of No 10 gain.
bourne free
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11:51am Fri 1 Mar 13
Hessenford
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1:08pm Fri 1 Mar 13
bourne free wrote:Don't agree with the BNP party but perhaps we should be more like the Australians and take our country back into British ownership.
Dont know much about UKIP but what i have seen they seem to be a re- branded politically correct BNP party ?
HRH of Boscombe
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3:43pm Fri 1 Mar 13
l'anglais wrote:It's not a fear I can assure you, it's a hatred thanks.
Hessenford wrote: Glad the Tories got a drubbing and glad that UKIP have at last been recognised. I do get fed up with the same old smugness and rhetoric from the winner though, I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do that.All the time there are Xenophobes, UKIP and their ilk will get their 15 minutes of fame.
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I hate their attitudes.I hate their abuse of the benefit system. I hate the fact I now have to pay for their healthcare. I hate that I have to pay for theirs kids education. I hate they take the low income jobs our school leavers should be doing. I hate the fact we send £50million a day to the EU to develope Eastern Europe while they claim our benefits. Most of all I hate we have no democracy anymore if the EU can over-rule our courts decisions.
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Out, out, out.
Hessenford says...
8:34am Fri 1 Mar 13
I do get fed up with the same old smugness and rhetoric from the winner though, I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do that.