‘We need to have a domestic policy agenda that adds up’ — Nigel Farage said on the Daily Politics today. The Ukip leader aptly summed up, and proved, one of the main challenges for his party as they attempt to become a mature force.
Farage did his best to disown anything the party stood for at the last general election. Andrew Neil quizzed him on a variety of official policy positions, many of which are inconsistent and unfortunately remain on their website or available in official documents.
On replacing Trident, Farage claimed his position was at odds with what is stated on the party’s website:
‘Andrew Neil: Is Ukip now against replacing Trident?
Nigel Farage: Yes. That’s a debate we’ve been kicking around for sometime in Ukip
Neil: So you’re now for a non-nuclear defence strategy for Britain?
Farage: No, I don’t know where you got that from.
Neil: From your website, the Ukip defence website
Farage: That is not the case.
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