I don't get why she thinks that Cameron's stance on the In/Out referendum is believable. Using it for her own means?

I suspect that isn't really the issue... she knew she was unlikely to be reselected as UKIP MEP candidate

In other words, she's a careerist, somebody for whom politics is a job rather than a calling.

Not surprising really. By the time you get to that age and that level in the bureaucracy, it pays you a good living and you have become accustomed to a certain lifestyle. If you leave there isn't much else you could do. Working in a call centre or a Costa coffee shop would probably be all she could get.

I doubt she would get a job with Costa ...

http://www.independent.c...coffee-shop-8501329.html

It seems to me that having a "Stalinist" at the top of a new political party is about the only way that it will ever have enough "direction" to enable it to grow. A small party cannot afford to show itself being pulled in one direction then another depending upon which factional interest has the acsendancy from moment to moment. The utter inability of the more extreme left to organise itself coherently is an excellent worked example, the "Peoples' Front for Judea", the "Judean Peoples' Front" etc. are funny because of the inherent truth therein.

So Cameron appears to "listen, adapt and do what is right for the country" (though in my opinion "the country" seems to take a fairly low priority in comparison with party, sponsors and the EU), but what if he does? The Conservative Party is sheddding support and members at a remarkable rate, so it's not a policy that has much traction with the great unwashed. Mr farage may become a handicap to UKIP should it grow to any size, but at the moment he appears outwardly to be a straight-talking and down-to-earth chap - whether he is or not is, at this juncture, relatively immaterial. UKIP needs support and members and its present approach seems to be working.

Always very difficult to start a new political party and even more so in a country like the UK with such an entrenched political culture.

Surrounding themselves with "Yes Men (and women) is a common problem,and weakness, noted even by Machiavelli.I suppose we have all observed it and either see it as a benefit of power or as something to be avoided if we ever get in a position to choose our immediate team.
Mass defections from the Conservative party might alter the culture and leaders are not forever. People drawn to politics will tend to be rather difficult.Imagine the ego required to think you can go from political wonk to party leader as Cameron,Clegg and Miliband have.

You are not so very far wrong ... in the manner of General Patton, the job is to protect democracy - not to practice it. The problem comes when the leader (as in Farage) is incompetent, and surrounds himself with sycophants and incompetents. It he is going to be a "Stalinist" dictator, then he needs to be a good one.

As to whether UKIP is working, one has to say that the UKIP paradigm is not ... his original intent was to gain seats in the Commons and, through his band of MPs form an alliance with the eurosceptic Tory MPs and lead us out of the European Union. Clearly, his grand strategy has failed. Then, in terms of mounting a credible exit campaign, that has yet to be tested. The likelihood, though, is that if we ever went to an in-out referendum, then we would lose.

Therein lies the problem. Looking at all this in black and white terms it all seems so simple:

• Articulate the basic rationale for leaving the EU (democratic structures, self determination and accountability)
  
• Set out the benefits of independence (money handed to the EU kept in the UK, genuine opportunity to improve trade and lower tariffs to reduce consumer costs, increased opportunity to influence representatives, direct relationships with other countries and representation on world bodies)
  
• Encourage people to support this vision (provide coherent strategy for protecting our interests and respectable campaign they can back, eschew ulterior motives and ambitions, keep the argument and benefits to people front and centre rather than talk to the issues of the opposition)

But instead the campaign's self appointed directors distract people from the real issues, the core issues are left on the margins, the absence of respectability undermines credibility and likeability, and the lack of coherent strategy from the like of Farage leaves the 'out' side looking feckless and likely to damage our economic interests.

That's why our prospects to secure our independence are dwindling fast despite a population that is keen for it to happen.

"David Cameron...has shown he can listen, adapt and do what is right for the country, not just for personal gain"

The woman is a certifiable lunatic. UKIP is well shot of her.

The one thing Cameron has shown above all else is that he does not listen to anyone outside of his metro clique.

I think he's in lurve ...