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Fred Perry wrote: ↑06 Aug 2017, 21:28 Let' s HOPE UKIP get the right , strong Leader , at their Conference , this September , which is in TORQUAY !... I would like to see the current UKIP Education spokesperson, David Kurten become their new Leader. If appointed , he would become the first black Leader of a major political party , in the UK.

merse btpir wrote: ↑06 Aug 2017, 22:42 What 'major political party'? David Kurten has only just entered politics as a Ukip (London wide) nominee to fill one of the two seats they have been allocated on the assembly since the 2016 elections. He was not elected as a constituency member ~ and he only managed that through chicanery.....

The Labour Party received by far the most votes in the London-wide ballot ~ more one million. The Conservatives won just above 750,000, returning three London-wide candidates ~ two of whom were not present for the count.
The full breakdown of results from the London Assembly elections were:
Animal Welfare Party 25,810 
Britain First 39,071
BNP 15,833
Lib Dems 165,580
Christian People's Alliance 27,172
Conservatives 764,230
Green 207,959
Labour 1,054,801
Respect 41,324
The House Party 11,055
Ukip 171,069
Woman's Equality Party 91,772

The Greens had the third largest share of the vote with 208,000. Ukip received around 171,000 votes while the Lib Dems got about 165,000.
The 'other vote', and other ballot paper, helps select the 11 London-wide AMs, chosen from the party’s own lists. Picking these involves a mildly complicated bit of maths, but the point of the exercise is to ensure that the assembly is roughly proportional to London's voting habits. The system is designed to ensure that all parties with more than 5% of the vote get representation. This is how the LibDems, Greens, Ukip and BNP have been able to win assembly seats in the past and how Ukip got their two members this time.

The last time Ukip won seats in the London Assembly elections was 12 years ago ~ but the two candidates later defected. Nothing new there then.

Kurten attracted notoriety when he asked for a bogus address in the capital to enable him to stand in those elections. Kurten, who was living outside London, asked Ukip colleagues to help him bypass the rules by letting him “register at their address” to be nominated for Assembly elections in May 2016, a leaked email revealed. Rules state candidates must be registered to vote in London or have lived, worked, rented or owned property there for 12 months.....he patently hadn't!

His message to Ukip colleagues read: “I need to be on the electoral register in Greater London for the Assembly elections. Currently I’m living in Surrey at the campus of the school I work with, so I need to move or find someone who would let me register at their address until I move into London.” 

“I have my flat here in Weybridge till 31st March (2016) so ideally I don’t want to move until then, but that’s too late in terms of nomination eligibility.” He then asked directly if anyone would “let me go on the electoral register at their address”. Alternatively, he asked if anyone knew of a cheap room he could rent from February to May to “use as a pied-à-terre” for nomination purposes. 

Conservative Assembly member and MP James Cleverly said at the time: “Pretending to live in London just to qualify as a candidate is a serious breach of trust and, if true, puts a huge question mark over his suitability as a candidate.” 

Asked about the email, Mr Kurten told the Evening Standard he was working a two-term placement at a Surrey school which came with rented accommodation, prior to which he lived in Peckham. Explaining that he had become a candidate after getting the job, he said: “I sent the email to find out if I can meet the eligibility criteria while still renting the accommodation I have at the campus where I work, which is five miles outside the Greater London area, but was advised that I should move into the Greater London area at Christmas time, and that is what I now plan to do.”
A Ukip spokesman said: “Realising that he was temporarily five miles outside the GLA area, he was looking for a short-term solution. He has already been advised that a postal address is not good enough.”

Just to illustrate the calibre of the person you would like to see as leader of a 'major political party' Fred! :rules:

merse btpir wrote: ↑06 Aug 2017, 23:32 In the 2010 general election, Ukip fielded 558 candidates and secured 3.1% of the vote (919,471 votes), but took no seats.

Ukip won 3.8 million votes from 13% of the voters at the general election in 2015 giving them just one seat.

Three in ten (30%) of those 2015 UKIP supporters didn't vote for them this year giving them only 1.8% of the national vote from their 594,068 voters.

The Ukip vote collapsed across every age group..........they are once again a nonentity!

Fred Perry wrote: ↑07 Aug 2017, 00:30By having a proper control on immigration , rather than uncontrolled , we will have a better idea , how many roads , homes , schools , colleges , hospitals etc , need to be built.

merse btpir wrote: ↑07 Aug 2017, 07:42 Yes Fred!

Will Solihull Borough get a safety certificate after BREXIT as well then?

Fred Perry wrote: ↑06 Aug 2017, 23:16Look mate , if using your figures listings , UKIP come 3rd after Tory and Labour

Fred Perry wrote: ↑07 Aug 2017, 09:08 Solihull Moors will get a safety certificate WELL before BREXIT.

It is Solihull Moors not Solihull Borough.