Former Sun editor argues that it’s time for a party to represent southern EnglandYou might have thought that we have a surfeit of political parties to fight the coming general election. But Kelvin MacKenzie would like to see yet another in the field: a party to represent the people of southern England.In a column in today’s issue of the London giveaway title, City AM, he argues that the Conservatives “have come to the end of their useful life” and looks forward to David Cameron losing the election. “Without the clever and wealth-creating southerners, this country would be Greece without the sunshine. The stats are simply astonishing. While the 2.6m taxpayers of Jockestan (Scotland) paid £11.3bn in income tax in 2011-12, the 8.4m clever clogs in London and the south east coughed up £64.3bn…“Today, little parties can cause big trouble. Take the SNP. I’m so old I can remember when Alex Salmond and his party were just a bunch of nutters wandering the back streets of Glasgow. They are now the most powerful and interesting force in UK politics. The same could be said of Nigel Farage and Ukip”. Continue reading...
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