UKIP: Just another establishment party

“On dismantling the NHS, giving bosses greater freedom to sack staff, destroying the welfare state, in fact all the right- wing crazy issues, there are Tories in Westminster who politically prefer “UKIP is neither in favour of workers’ rights, public Farage to Cameron.” services or welfare. If people are looking for an Kevin Maguire, alternative, UKIP isn’t it.” columnist Bob Crow, RMT general secretary

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@Socialist_party www.socialistparty.org.uk Printed by E-Ten Offset, Arch 128 Beaumont Road, London E10 5BJ Promoted by Socialist Party, PO Box 24697, London E11 1YD UKIP: Just another establishment party UKIP has benefited from the protest votes of In 2003, Farage set up a tax-avoiding offshore millions of people disgusted by MPs and MEPs trust account for his share in the family firm, Far- that preach austerity while filling their own back age Limited, from which £969,000 of dividends pocket. were paid out over the next ten years. But UKIP is another establishment party run by and for millionaires. Up to one quarter of its fund- Low tax for the rich ing has come from sexist shipping tycoon Demetri No wonder UKIP want to further cut corpora- Marchessini, who has published a book to argue tion tax (repeatedly slashed since the 70s by Tory, that women shouldn’t be allowed to wear trousers! and Con-Dem governments). They would also abolish inheritance tax (which Fat cat backing will only benefit the children of the rich) and set a Fat cat and former Tory party member Paul Sykes flat-rate tax, meaning that low paid workers have has pledged to give millions of pounds to UKIP to pay the same rate as bankers and politicians. for the 2014 elections, after giving them £1.5 mil- The last time a government set such a flat-rate lion in 2004. Sykes has an estimated fortune of tax – the poll tax – it resulted in mass non-pay- £650 million. ment and the resignation of prime minister Mar- UKIP leader - who was a Tory garet Thatcher. party member until 1992 - is also a millionaire, who, like most of the Tory cabinet, was privately More cuts for the rest of us educated. He followed his stockbroker dad into UKIP’s tax cuts for the rich would mean further becoming a city trader. cuts in public services and welfare, while the fat cats further increase their wealth. Expenses hypocrisy UKIP is not concerned by the Con-Dems’ break In 2009, Farage said he had claimed over £2 mil- up and privatisation of the NHS – instead they lion of expenses as an MEP. In 2012, UKIP MEPs want to introduce vouchers to use outside the claimed £800,000 in expenses. NHS.

Local elections: Vote for a real alternative - vote TUSC The Trade Unionist and Socialist for a mass building programme Coalition, which includes the RMT of affordable public housing tranport workers’ union and the • Push councils to use their Socialist Party, is standing in the legal powers to oppose 2014 local elections to give a real government privatisation and alternative. cuts, especially in our NHS, Our candidates are workers, trade including referring decisions unionists, the disabled, the unem- to the health secretary and/or ployed, anti-cuts campaigners: peo- initiating local referenda ple hit by and fighting back against • Campaign for the introduction the cuts – unlike the Con-Dems, Labour and UKIP. of a Living Wage above the minimum wage, All TUSC councillors will: including for council employees and those • Vote against cuts to jobs and services and working for council contractors instead fight for the resources that our • Support all workers’ struggles against the cuts communities need – make the banksters pay and privatisation for their crisis! • Reject increases in council tax, rent and service • Call for rent controls instead of benefit caps. charges to compensate for government cuts Councils should refuse to implement the • Vote against the privatisation of council jobs bedroom tax and all other housing benefit and services cuts, and write off all related arrears • Oppose racism and fascism and stand up for • Oppose selling-off council estates and will fight equality for all

European elections: Vote No2EU - Yes To Workers’ Rights While TUSC is standing in local • Exit the EU on the basis of elections, for the European elec- socialist policies tions the Socialist Party is support- • Reject EU treaties and policies ing No2EU – Yes To Workers’ Rights, that privatise our public which is led by the RMT union. services No2EU opposes the pro- • No to public spending cuts privatisation, pro-profiteering, anti-worker whether they come from Brussels or Britain policies of the European Union. • Repeal anti- rulings by the No2EU says: European Court of Justice and the EU • Yes to workers’ rights • Yes to international solidarity of working people