Why the UKIP leadership election matters... even to non-UKIP voters

Over the last few days, we have been very proud to present three exclusive interviews with contenders for the UKIP leadership. The nominations list is still open and we will try to interview more hopefuls in the race - though we can't promise, obviously.

Just before getting on to the main point, I have to say that - having met the three candidates that have been interviewed, all three have been extremely warm, welcoming and kind towards this blogger... and I do mean that, genuinely. They are also, as no doubt you'll have grasped from the interviews, very different personalities and characters bringing different values and talents to the table.

Extreme thanks go to David Campbell Bannerman, Tim Congdon and Nigel Farage for being brave and forward looking enough to embrace the alternative media which the blogosphere provides.

UKIP members have a genuine choice. Unlike the Labour contest - where they even managed to have two DNA-sharing, Marxist-descendant main rivals - the UKIP race has genuine choice and options.

We are going to play the race strictly neutral - this is a choice for UKIP members, true - but it also will play a huge part in shaping British politics.

What are the alternatives for shaping our future?

We could allow globalists, quangos, bankers, and no-end of unelected and sometimes secretive organisations to shape our nation above the heads of the electorate and the taxpayer.

We could allow the Labour Party back in - with all the usual 'left-wing', totalitarian, micro-managing, civil liberty hell-inducing, immigrant led electoral gerrymandering which that particular party would - to be sure - once again inflict upon this country. Result? The death of Britain and our freedom.

We could return the Conservatives - who might be 'conservative' by name but are not 'conservative' by nature. It was the Conservatives who signed the nation away to Europe under Ted Heath's lies. It was the Conservatives who signed up to Maastricht. It was this Conservative-in-Coalition Government which signed up to the European Investigation Order. No matter their promises in opposition, they have a track record of selling us down the pan on Europe. Result? The death of Britain and our freedom.

We could return the Liberal Democrats. A rampant EU-loving party led by a man who wrote an article saying that he was quitting as an MEP to come to Britain and make us fall in love with his Brussels masters. A party that is so 'liberal' that their leader quite enjoys things like the smoking ban to the point that they destroyed the value of their own sham public consultation exercise - no matter what the people think. Result? The death of Britain and our freedom.

At the local level, we have MPs. These people do not represent us once we vote them in. The overwhelming majority spend almost all of their time traipsing through the voting lobbies on a purely tribal basis, irrespective of the views of constituents and probably rarely in line with their own true conscience. Result? The death of Britain and our freedom.

We are kept in a false left-right paradigm. That's a theme that needs further analysis than will be explored here, for now.

Yet the language of the people is changing. The Trade Unions - who would have more sympathy from us if they were to stop propping up the stench that is the Labour Party - are threatening all kinds of strikes and civil disobedience campaigns.

A quick scoot around the small 'c' conservative newspapers and EU-sceptic blogs shows that the anger about the treacherous betrayal of our nation is growing at an alarming rate. Sure, the opposition to being dictated to by continental European powers is not a new phenomenon. However, the language is becoming more anger-filled.

We have so many very difficult political positions in this country, and the people have still not really found their voice to have their say. It will happen.

In the U.S., the 'tea party' movement is gradually shattering the Republican-Democratic baton passing excuse for representation of the people. We're sadly a bit behind that.

But the quicksand of public awaked-ness seems to be shifting. We all have a sense of how corrupt and untrustworthy the political class are. We all know that our views are not represented - no matter our tribal affiliations.

We all know that something has to change - sooner or later. People need an alternative to get behind and vote for.

This blog will always support a small government, freedom-minded party and UKIP is the best option currently.

Those with other political views will also be looking for somewhere to place their 'X'... if they vote at all.

As far as the Conservatives, Labour and the LibDems are concerned, one must think of the old saying: "Don't vote for any of them - you'll only encourage them."

All the indicators are that the globally engineered (cheaper wages, higher profits for the few) economic crisis has no imminent end - and the people will not like the discomfort that brings.

The people will hopefully soon look at the Conservatives, Labour and the LibDems and think 'a plague on all their houses'.

When they do - which is tempered by a touch of optimism, obviously - they will need alternatives. If the U.S. 'tea party' movement is translating to the ballot box, it could happen here.

Should 'change' - not of the xerox-ed Obama or Cameron variety - but real change be desired by the people, then they will need alternatives.

And that's why the UKIP leadership election really does matter.

We are proud to have played a role in the discussions that the important choice facing the party needs.