UKIP Manifesto Empowering the people
UKIP Manifesto Empowering the people
UKIP Manifesto Empowering the people
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“<strong>UKIP</strong> was <strong>the</strong><br />
first party to<br />
be sceptical<br />
about global<br />
warming<br />
claims”<br />
· Ensure British benefits are only available to<br />
UK citizens or those who have lived here for at<br />
least five years. Currently, British benefits can<br />
be claimed by EU citizens in <strong>the</strong>ir arrival year<br />
· Require those on benefits - starting with Housing<br />
and Council Tax Benefit recipients in private<br />
rented homes - to take part in council-run local<br />
community projects called ‘Workfare’ schemes.<br />
The schemes will be in addition to council jobs<br />
Download <strong>the</strong> full Welfare to Workfare policy<br />
from <strong>the</strong> Policies section of www.ukip.org<br />
10 Foreign Affairs &<br />
International Trade<br />
While <strong>UKIP</strong> is realistic about <strong>the</strong> difficult<br />
economic and political challenges Britain<br />
faces, we take a positive view of Britain’s place<br />
in <strong>the</strong> world - a stark contrast to <strong>the</strong> defeatist<br />
and apologetic stance taken by o<strong>the</strong>r parties.<br />
<strong>UKIP</strong> recognises Britain as a global player with<br />
a global destiny and not a regional state within<br />
a ‘United States of Europe’. <strong>UKIP</strong> will:<br />
· Withdraw from <strong>the</strong> political EU Superstate,<br />
and maintain a trade-based relationship with<br />
our European neighbours using a Swiss-style<br />
free trade agreement as <strong>the</strong> EU’s largest single<br />
trading partner. This is <strong>the</strong> deal <strong>the</strong> British<br />
<strong>people</strong> signed up to in <strong>the</strong> 1970s. We do not<br />
want or need to become a province in a<br />
European Superstate but instead want friendly<br />
and mutually beneficial trade and cultural<br />
cooperation with our EU neighbours<br />
· Stimulate <strong>the</strong> British economy by leaving <strong>the</strong><br />
EU. Europhile propagandists say 60% of our<br />
trade and three million British jobs depend on<br />
our EU membership. This is untrue. European<br />
companies sell us more than we sell <strong>the</strong>m; we<br />
are <strong>the</strong>ir largest client. So our trade and jobs<br />
would continue if we left <strong>the</strong> EU, and we would<br />
benefit by escaping from its crippling overregulation.<br />
Leaving creates jobs<br />
· Regain Britain’s dormant seat at <strong>the</strong> World<br />
Trade Organisation. From here, a <strong>UKIP</strong><br />
government will be free to pursue Britain’s<br />
national interests. The current situation leaves<br />
Britain unable directly to negotiate its own trade<br />
deals because vital national interests are subsumed<br />
in a common EU position that frequently<br />
reflects <strong>the</strong> interests of France and Germany<br />
· Be <strong>the</strong> Party of <strong>the</strong> Commonwealth. <strong>UKIP</strong> will<br />
seek to establish a Commonwealth Free Trade<br />
Area (CFTA) with <strong>the</strong> 53 o<strong>the</strong>r Commonwealth<br />
countries. The Commonwealth Business Council<br />
estimates that a CFTA would account for<br />
more than 20% of all international trade and<br />
investment, facilitating annual trade exchanges<br />
worth more than $1.8 trillion and direct foreign<br />
investment worth about $100bn. Yet <strong>the</strong> Commonwealth<br />
has been shamefully betrayed and<br />
neglected by previous governments. Commonwealth<br />
nations share a common language,<br />
legal and democratic systems, account for a<br />
third of <strong>the</strong> world’s population and a quarter of<br />
its trade, with <strong>the</strong> average age of a citizen just<br />
25 years. India, for example, will soon become<br />
<strong>the</strong> second largest world economy and Britain<br />
should not be tied to <strong>the</strong> dead political weight<br />
of <strong>the</strong> European Union, but retain its own<br />
friendly trading and cultural links<br />
· Actively pursue trade deals with trade blocs<br />
such as <strong>the</strong> countries in <strong>the</strong> North American<br />
Free Trade Agreement and <strong>the</strong> Association of<br />
Sou<strong>the</strong>ast Asian Nations. This will secure trade<br />
benefits for all countries concerned<br />
· Promote democracy, genuine human rights,<br />
and free determination around <strong>the</strong> world, supporting,<br />
for example, a free Tibet, a democratic<br />
Burma and an independent Taiwan<br />
Download <strong>the</strong> full Foreign Affairs & International<br />
Trade policy from <strong>the</strong> Policies section of<br />
www.ukip.org<br />
11 Energy & <strong>the</strong><br />
Environment<br />
<strong>UKIP</strong> accepts that <strong>the</strong> world’s climate changes,<br />
but we are <strong>the</strong> first party to take a sceptical<br />
stance on man-made global warming claims.<br />
We called for a rational, balanced approach to<br />
<strong>the</strong> climate debate in 2008, before <strong>the</strong> extensive<br />
manipulation of scientific data first became<br />
clear. Polls now show a majority of <strong>the</strong> British<br />
<strong>people</strong> share this scepticism despite protests<br />
from ano<strong>the</strong>r LibLabCon-sensus. <strong>UKIP</strong> now calls<br />
for an immediate halt to unjustified spending<br />
on renewable sources that has led to massive<br />
energy price hikes and fuel poverty. <strong>UKIP</strong> will:<br />
· Increase nuclear power generation to provide<br />
up to 50% of our electricity needs. Because<br />
Britain’s domestic energy plants are ageing<br />
and renewable energy sources have been<br />
10 Straight talking.<br />
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