Many people will be baffled as to why The Argus is giving top news to a few second-hand bits of polling information, which may be from just one street and must wonder whether this is just a belated April Fools joke (UKIP Claim South surge, April 2).
That party of prejudices and bigotry is not welcome here and the fact that we are 70 years on from the end of the Second World War just emphasises the point.
It is doubtful whether UKIP actually have much support at all. In Brighton and Hove that party of prejudices got just 1.8% (less than 2% of the vote) in Brighton Pavilion so they are an irrelevance.
The actual results from the last General Election in 2010 are probably a reasonable guide because the turnout at General Elections is usually high and people tend to make more considered decisions.
It is also unfortunate that the Greens, who had a very low vote in Brighton Kemptown and Hove in 2010, are attempting to hype up their vote by using a 2014 opinion poll from the company run by Lord Ashcroft.
The Greens actually got 5% of the vote in Brighton Kemptown constituency and 5.2% in Hove.
Those are the official facts and since then many people have become more disillusioned by the Green Party in this county.
It is the electorate – the real voters – who will decide on May 7 not Lord Ashcroft or others who are trying to distort, spin and hype during this election campaign.
Robert Heale, Brighton (address supplied)
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