UPDATE: Quote quiz!

For light relief, can you match the following quotes to the right local candidate?

Here are the potentials: Mark Cann (Labour) Rodney Cann (Independent) Stephen Crowther (United Kingdom Independence Party, UKIP) Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) L’Anne Knight (Green Party) Gary Marshall (British National Party, BNP) Philip Milton (Conservative) Gerrard Sables (Communist Party of Britain) Nigel Vidler (English Democrats) Geoffrey Cox (Conservative) Darren Jones (Labour) Robin Julian (United Kingdom Independence Party, UKIP) Cathrine Simmons (Green Party) Adam Symons (Liberal Democrat).

Answers below.

1. “You’re in a British country. If you insist you want to wear a Burka then I suggest if you’re not happy here, go home.”

2. “I would like to see our politics be a bit more bold and more radical. The public are not stupid. I hope in our manifesto we are in difficult times but are offering a vision of the future that does reflect the values of our party and it’s relevant to the vast majority of people in this country today.”

3. “If standing up for the people of England means that I am a Little Englander then so be it.”

4. “Under the form of dilute socialism you have had for the last 13 years in which everything has been centrally controlled, in which means- tested benefits have been seen as the solution to everything, you have not increased your social mobility, you have not achieved any better gains since in 1997.”

5. “The nearest thing we have now to the Blair style and the Blair machine is David Cameron. He’s fashioned himself on the Blair rise in 1997, although he’s a diet version of it, not quite as good as the full fat Tony Blair.”

6. “However, our overall principle is it’s better to have people elected than appointed. The driving force for us is the realisation that professional government is overtaking amateur government in this country.”

7. “What is it that the Conservatives are offering to change? To my mind the Conservatives simply offer more of the same; they are saying they can operate the same system Labour operate but we’re invited to believe they can operate it more efficiently.”

8. “To say I’m a Nazi, that I support Nazi ideology, or anything stupid like that, I find incredibly offensive.”

9. “I’ve got higher level qualifications than Vince Cable for example and more experience as well.”

10. “George Osborne said at the beginning of the recession “we’re going to cut lots of money”; I despair with the idea he could be chancellor because he doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about.”

11. “We want to up the pension level to £170 for single people and £300 for couples.”

12. “We believe in a planned economy which means public ownership and every Journal reader would agree the water prices are too high here since privatisation. Electricity and gas: they’ve really ripped us off.”

13. “ I feel people like myself could well be at a premium in the parliament and hold the balance of power.”

14. “We are a single issue party but not the issue perceived by the general populace.”


Answers:

1 Robin Julian, 2 Mark Cann, 3 Nigel Vidler, 4 Geoffrey Cox, 5 Darren Jones, 6 Steve Crowther, 7 Nick Harvey, 8 Gary Marshall, 9 Philip Milton, 10 Adam Symons, 11 Cathrine Simmons, 12 Gerrard Sables, 13 Rodney Cann, 14 L’Anne Knight.