2010 UKIP Policies Debate

According to the UK Independence Party website UKIP will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: UKIP proposes a hybrid house of appointed Lords and elected Lord Senators 200 elected Senators and 100 appointed Lords, plus 12 Law Lords and 5 Bishops. Elected Senators will provide greater democratic […]

According to the UK Independence Party website UKIP will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: We are opposed to large scale wind generated electric power on land on subsidy and efficiency grounds, but are amenable to offshore wind generation if economic without subsidy. However, UKIP would oppose […]

According to the UK Independence Party website UKIP will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: 12.1 UKIP would encourage more efficient use of energy using a strategic policy framework within which market mechanisms would operate. Energy conservation requirements within existing building regulations would be retained, but we […]

According to the UK Independence Party website UKIP will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: Restoring British waters and fishing to national control by leaving the European Union Common Fisheries Policy. Abandoning all quotas and strictly forbidding ‘discards’. In co-operation with scientists and working fishermen, introducing technical […]

According to the UK Independence Party website UKIP will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: Nuclear Energy is UKIP’s preferred solution UKIP believes that nuclear generation is the only feasible technology available to meet Britain’s large-scale energy needs. 11.1 After some fifty years in commercial use, nuclear […]

According to the UK Independence Party website UKIP will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: Police Effectiveness and Structures. UKIP would allow more democratic control over the police force, with directly elected Chief Constables and/or police boards. UKIP would replace Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) with fully […]

According to the UK Independence Party website UKIP will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: 10.1 Regardless of greenhouse gas emissions, we must cut back on the burning of fossil fuels, as a finite resource that should not be squandered. Use of North Sea gas to generate […]

According to the UK Independence Party website UKIP will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: The NATO Alliance which has served us so well must remain a cornerstone of UK Defence Policy. It is the only way in which a major threat to the UK can be […]