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==Relationship with Other Parties==
==UKIP and the Conservatives==▼
In April 2006, [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] leader [[David Cameron]] called UKIP members "fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists" while talking on [[LBC]] radio in London after a question about UKIP using the Freedom of Information Act to force the disclosure of donors. UKIP has demanded an apology for the "closet racists" remark and threatened legal action for slander although this was later dropped, on the grounds that to sue the party would have to prove loss, and the comment had actually had a positive effect for UKIP. Conservative MP [[Bob Spink]] has criticised the remarks as has the Conservative supporting newspaper, ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''.[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/04/05/dl0502.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/04/05/ixnewstop.html] Also some of the staff at Conservative Central Office are former UKIP candidates (e.g., George Eustice) and many prominent members of UKIP are former members of the Conservative Party (e.g., former UKIP leader Roger Knapman).▼
UKIP is often seen as a "Tory pressure group", who's main aim is to persuade the Conservative Party to support withdrawal from the European Union. Many prominent members of UKIP are former members of the Conservative Party, for example former UKIP leader Roger Knapman). Also, some of the staff at Conservative Central Office are former UKIP candidates.
A recent [[ConservativeHome]] survey revealed that 43% of surveyed members of the Conservative Party felt that UKIP was the closest party to their views (apart from the Conservative Party itself)[http://conservativehome.blogs.com/torydiary/2006/12/tory_members_ar.html], with 66% either supporting or sympathising with the [[Better Off Out]] campaign.
▲In April 2006, [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] leader [[David Cameron]] called UKIP members "fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists" while talking on [[LBC]] radio in London after a question about UKIP using the Freedom of Information Act to force the disclosure of donors. UKIP has demanded an apology for the "closet racists" remark and threatened legal action for slander although this was later dropped, on the grounds that to sue the party would have to prove loss, and the comment had actually had a positive effect for UKIP. Conservative MP [[Bob Spink]] has criticised the remarks as has the Conservative supporting newspaper, ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''.[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/04/05/dl0502.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/04/05/ixnewstop.html]
===The BNP===
UKIP's constitution contains a clause guaranteeing that the party will not discriminate on the grounds of race and will be non-sectarian, and party rules require all candidates to declare that they have no past or present links with far-right organisations.
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[[Ashley Mote]], who was elected as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] for UKIP but had the [[party whip]] withdrawn, has joined the far right [[Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty]] grouping in the [[European Parliament]], along side parties like the French [[National Front (France)|National Front]].
==Minority members of UKIP==
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