Amber Rudd's facile analysis fails to grasp energy economics

UKIP Energy Spokesman and MEP for the East Midlands Roger Helmer responding to the latest claims made by Amber Rudd suggesting that the lights would go out said, "Amber Rudd's facile analysis fails to grasp energy economics.

"Far from producing cheap electricity, the EU has done the opposite with some of the highest costs worldwide, relying on expensive renewables. Free from the EU's energy rules and regulations we can offer lower cost coal and gas and reduce the reliance on these expensive renewables.

Portsmouth first City to vote to Leave the EU

Last night Portsmouth City Council voted to support leaving the European Union, the first British city to declare for out. The motion proposed by UKIP was passed with a huge majority of 21-15. Portsmouth’s City Solicitor and Monitoring Officer initially refused to allow the UKIP motion to be debated, despite similar motions already having been passed by Lincolnshire County Council and Havering Borough Council. What this means practically is that Portsmouth City Council will not be able to use their taxpayer funded newsletters to the people of Portsmouth to stealth promote the European Union during the Referendum campaign.
 
Councillor Julie Swan, UKIP’s Deputy Group Leader who seconded the motion said, “I’m delighted that the Council has passed this motion. I wasn’t born the last time that the British people were allowed to vote on membership of the EU.
 
“It’s important to debate this once in a lifetime opportunity and to encourage the people of Portsmouth to get involved. I'm glad the Monitoring Officer finally saw things our way.

UKIP Defence Spokesman Responds to the Brussels Terror Attacks

Commenting on the terror attacks at Brussels Zaventem airport and the Maalbeek metro station in central Brussels, UKIP defence spokesman, Mike Hookem MEP said, “I’m appalled at the needless loss of life and injuries caused by these heartless attacks and my thoughts go out to all those affected.”

Speaking from the European Parliament building in Brussels, Mr Hookem said, “David Cameron says we are safer in the EU. Well, I’m in the heart of the EU right now and it does not feel very safe.”

“The fact that terrorists can strike at the heart of the EU with apparent ease shows that they are perfectly placed to exploit the lax security situation created by Schengen agreement and the EU’s open door policies.”

House prices continue to rise: Demand must be addressed

London and the South East continue to lead spiking house prices according to the Office of National Statistics. The government simply has no realistic response to the needs of an ever changing market and expanding population. So much so that the British people have little choice now in where they choose to live or bring up a family.

Peter Whittle, UKIP's candidate for London Mayor said, "These new ONS figures just highlight what we have been saying all along, it is increasingly obvious that Londoners cannot afford to get onto the housing ladder and the sheer cost of housing increases the pressure on London services as key workers are driven further and further from the centre of the city. Until we address the issue of demand, demand driven mostly through immigration, then we will never be able to get a handle on the issue of supply and rapidly increasing costs."

CBI/PwC report claims to be an economic case but the motivation is purely political

Mark Reckless, the UKIP Economics spokesman, has responded to the CBI/PwC report on Brexit Risks today, "The CBI/PwC report claims to be an economic case, but the motivation is purely political. On a very basic level this study is flawed. It appears that this new report is based on old OBR projections rather than the latest figures used by George Osborne in his Budget last week.

"The latest OBR predictions average 2.1% growth 5 years to 2020. A growth rate requiring inward migrations figures of over 200,000 a year at least to sustain. But the PwC assumptions published today predict average 2.3% growth % years to 2020 based on earlier, superseded OBR figures.
 
"How the report can be credible when it is 10% out on its fundamental underpinning assumption? From that basic flaw it is clear that PwC's many other assumptions therefore lack credibility, as does their report and its conclusions.