If the Times is to be believed it would seem Cameron is running scared of a certain Mr Nigel Farage…
Mr Bercow — who, despite being a Conservative, owed his victory to a well-organised campaign by Labour MPs — has repaired relations with Mr Cameron. The Tory leader has made clear to party members in Mr Bercow’s Buckingham constituency that he will eject anyone found helping Nigel Farage, standing for UKIP against the Speaker at the election.
I was under the impression that since the Conservative Party si not standing an official party candidate in the seat, then Conservative Party members were free to support and campaign for Nigel without being disciplined.
If Cameron was confident of victory then a few of his members delivering a few leaflets for Nigel would be of no concern. Certainly not enough for it to be considered a disciplinary issue.
So his strange threat would appear to be a sharp warning to any Conservative members that it is “your party or your membership”, and indicating his current worries.
Te he he! Roll on polling day is all I can say!
Seems like a major error of judgement upon the part of CCHQ. All this is likely to achieve is the expulsion or resignations of a few members of the party and a two finger gesture from former Tory voters who are not members of the party.
There are bound to be a few Conservatives in Buckingham who arent at all worried about getting kicked out of the Conservative Party. If they want to help Farage they will and I say good on them.