Tory blogger Iain Dale loves the new UKIP poster. In their typical blunt style they urge voters to sod the lot and vote for them instead.

The simplest posters work best, and I reckon this could wring a few extra votes out of those who were either going to stay at home or spoil their ballot papers because of their dislike for the big three.

But what of their claim to be ‘straight-talking’? They’re even plugging a freephone number you can call for a bit of straight talk.

Well, I called it. Unfortunately UKIP fell at the first hurdle.

“Sorry, this mailbox is full. Please try again another time.”

I’ll try again on May 7…

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