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Don't get me wrong. I'm against the whole idea of bonuses. My old dad (who died in 1982) worked in banking for his whole career and rose to a very senior position in the organisation that employed him (head of UK retail banking). He was paid a decent salary and never received a bonus payment.

Is it not curious that the advocates of bigger bonuses for bankers (to retain "the best staff") are not arguing that NHS nurses should be offered bonuses worth twice their annual salaries to keep doing their jobs?

I remember when I was a candidate for the Seagulls Party, pondering how I would answer questions like "What's the Seagulls Party policy on council house sales?". I think I ended up persuading myself that the correct way to deal with issues like this was (1) to say the first thing that came to...

"Whizz" is UKIP's word, not mine. My guess is that "Whizzing" is a summary of the party's transport policy. But I hesitate to say this, since any accusations that people make about UKIP's policies are invariably met by Farage issuing a clarification statement that is exactly the opposite of the...

For the record ... no, I didn't. Although I did have a conversation with the Project Leader about the opportunities to develop new accessible transport services linking sheltered housing schemes in the area with the site, to encourage older people to attend events at the new Pavilion, visit the...

Across the whole week and the whole year, I'm guessing that The Level edges it. There are, of course, no season ticket sales to distort the numbers. But neither are there turnstiles to check them.

When did you last visit it?

I suspect that most of these places (certainly all of the Sussex venues) fail to match The Level's popularity, in terms of visitor numbers.

Good grief! You won't listen, will you? Here's a challenge. I'd like people to give some thought to this question and name a single public open space anywhere in England that is as popular with families and as well used by folk of all ages as The Level.

Obviously. The question that arises is whether this realisation will sweep UKIP to power or - as has happened previously with UK political parties founded on racism - the bubble will burst.

UKIP are promising to ratchet up the controls on immigration from Europe. Do you imagine that they don't aspire to do the same with Commonwealth immigration and other immigration from outside Europe?

Triggaaar has mentioned the phrase "Independence Light". Talking about "immigration from outside the EU" is, of course, simply an opportunity for "racism light". If UKIP voters think that Farage and Co might "fix" the EU, it doesn't take too much to imagine that "immigrants from outside the...

His use of the phrase "lycra clad terrorists" tells a rather different story.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11557238.Is_park_and_ride_the_answer_to_cutting_congestion_/ It's a report of a debate organised by Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce last month. This is what the UKIP representative, Nigel Furness, had to say:- “We should have put a car park under The Level...

In John Cleese's words, that's stating the bleeding obvious. But I get the distinct impression that UKIP voters are expecting something different from Farage.

The Mail Online headline is an interesting one:- "Chaos as Ukip promises three million European migrants they can STAY in Britain if we leave the EU". Is that a promise that UKIP voters expect to be reading?

Where's the option for:- 4). UKIP representatives make enough public statements (admittedly some of them are rather confused) and it is easy enough to work out who they are trying to attract as voters ?

I'm not arguing that voters should understand how the economy works (I don't). I'll concede that disliking foreigners isn't the defining characteristic of all UKIP voters (and I never said "hating foreigners"). But I am prepared to hazard a guess that UKIP's core electoral strategy is to...

Most potential UKIP voters know nothing about the best way to run the economy. They are attracted to UKIP because they don't like foreigners.

The first version of Reckless's statement said that the work permits would be time limited - in other words, forced repatriation would be a phased process. Then, once it came out that this was classic BNP policy, he backtracked and the UKIP spindoctors came up with a more carefully worded...