A Joint Candidate for South Staffs - Neil Herron?

Rumour has it that Veritas front runner for the party's candidacy in the coming South Staffs by- election is Patrick Eston.

While I have nothing against Patrick and found him a tireless worker during the formative period and launch of the party - any separate Veritas/UKIP candidacy at this stage of the electoral cycle is surely lunacy.

NOW IS THE TIME FOR A COMMON CANDIDATE FOR THE EURO-SCEPTIC MOVEMENT. ONE WHO CAN WIN AND PUT FORWARD THE CASE FOR A HALT TO THE EU'S EROSION OF OUR SOVEREIGNTY AND DEMOCRACY THROUGHOUT ALMOST THE FULL TERM OF THE COMING PARLIAMENT!

Although I have not discussed this nomination with Neil Herron, I nevertheless have no hesitation in putting his name forward as my suggestion for such a joint UKIP/Veritas Candidate as I strongly recommended in my posts of yesterday. Widely known through his championing of the metric martyrs and more recently for his blistering defeat of the government and John Prescott in particular over regionalisation, here would be a candidate with a real chance of entering parliament - finally ensuring a loud, clear and trusted anti-EU voice in the Commons chamber!

I would remind UKIP and Veritas party members of the results Patrick achieved in Tamworth on Thursday, a considerable achievement in beating UKIP from such a late start but do we really need a similar result in South Straffordshire in a few weeks time?

Result: Tamworth

LAB HOLD

TOP THREE PARTIES AT A GLANCE
Labour		43.0%
Conservative		37.1%
Liberal Democrat		14.1%
Swing: 2.8% from LAB to CON

IN DETAIL
Name	Party	Votes	%	+/- %
Brian Jenkins	Labour	18,801	43.0	-6.0
Christopher Pincher	Conservative	16,232	37.1	-0.5
Phillip Bennion	Liberal Democrat	6,175	14.1	+2.4
Patrick Eston	Veritas	1,320	3.0	+3.0
Tom Simpson	UK Independence Party	1,212	2.8	+1.1
Majority		2,569	5.9
Turnout		43,740	61.0	+3.2