Regional Assemblies
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UKIP candidate Toby Horton said today that he was proud of his party's role in all of the Regional Assemblies throughout being Britain scrapped.

"The abolition of these unelected, unwanted and undemocratic bodies has been the aim of one of UKIP's major campaigns for many years," he said.

"My Tory opponent Graham Robb is rightly proud of his efforts to win a resounding no vote against the Assembly in the North east," added Mr Horton, "but somehow he omits to mention that UKIP worked hand-in-hand with the Conservatives in that campaign.

"But UKIP didn't stop there. We have campaigned constantly in the Midlands, the North West and the South West against these assemblies and we feel proud of what we have achieved. It shows that we really can make a difference."

Mr Horton has also lashed out at the Government's latest proposals on how history should be taught in schools.

"To find that our children will not be learning about major figures such as Winston Churchill, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I or Gandhi defies belief. What is even more staggering is that instead the children will study the growth of the European Union. It is nothing but propaganda and a scandal.

"In the last week or so we have seen alll the main political parties visiting a school in Hurworth; but did they mention this or anything of substance? No. It was just a cynical PR exercise.

"No wonder people are fed up with politicians," he said.