T T I P

A number of people have contacted me about this.

I have grave reservations about the nature of the deal and those who are conducting negotiations on behalf of the UK. Having said that, I generally favour free trade arrangements. However, UKIP would not give blanket support to any deal and would either vote against or support individual elements of any proposals on the basis of what is good for the UK.

The NHS should, in our view specifically be excluded from any deal and, whilst Brussels negotiators have come out and said this is also their understanding, we have seen before that what is said and done in Brussels is often not the same thing.

The ideal situation would be for the UK to be outside of the EU and to be negotiating a deal of our own with the USA.