A timely Halloween reminder of the Euro facts as Nigel Farage rises from the grave and undead Euroseptics prowl the government's back benches.

We all know that Farage and UKIP want to privatize the NHS because he has publicly said so.  David Cameron and his on-the-run Tories aren't so upfront.  But they want to privatize just the same.  They want to flog off the last of our national crown jewels for a short-term gain and long-term pain.  And the rubbish Health and Social Care Act (HSCA) is their vehicle for doing so.  Never heard of it?  No, Tory newspapers like the hideous Daily Mail and media like Sky haven't exactly been headlining it.

For the avoidance of doubt, let's be clear: Labour is pledged to repeal HCSA.  It really is that simple.

We're Britain. We're better than this."

"We are talking more about immigration as a party and it's right that we do so.  But it will always be on the basis of Labour values, not UKIP values.  Unlike David Cameron what will never do is try to out-UKIP UKIP.

"I think it is time we levelled with people about UKIP.  It is time we had a debate about where they really stand.

"They think that working mothers aren't worth as much as men.  Life was easier when there wasn't equality for gay and lesbian people.  The NHS would be better off privatised.  Rights at work, whether they come from Europe or from here, are simply a barrier to economic success.

"We're Britain.  We're better than this.  You can't build a vision of the future if you don't believe in equal rights.  You can't succeed as a country if you try to close yourself off from the world.  You can't make a fairer country if you try to destroy our National Health Service."

Ed Miliband, November 2014

UKIP - more Tory than the Tories

UKIP want to take billions out of the NHS, subsidising the better off to go private. Their health spokesperson favours introducing charging in the NHS for “non-emergency” cases and to allow people to pay to jump the queue.

UKIP claim to be on the side of working people, but the truth is UKIP is made up of senior figures with a history in the Tory party. UKIP relies more and more on Tory funding and UKIP shares a Tory policy agenda. The only difference is that UKIP is an even more damaging prospectus for Britain’s future than the Tories.

UKIP are even more right wing than the Tories. A vote for UKIP is a vote for:

• Higher taxes for working families 
• Huge tax giveaways for the rich
• Even deeper cuts to the public services you rely on
• Charges to see your GP
• Scrapping your rights as a worker  

And then, of course, there's our own dear UKIP MEP.

How much does Europe cost me?

It doesn't.  According to the CBI, every UK household is £3000 better off (that's £1,225 for those of us who aren't households) each year thanks to Britain's membership of the EU.

The UK pays money into the EU Budget just like every other EU country, but we also get money back through EU funding programmes and the British economy gets a massive boost from the EU single market.

So, in a nutshell, Euro sceptics are after taking money from us and UKIP are talking made-up nonsense.

Another Tory failure

Another day, another fiasco.  Simple probability means that doing absolutely nothing would get better results.  No wonder the Tories haven't kicked the idea of a coalition with UKIP into the long grass.  They desperately need the intellectual input.

And how dare Dave try and usurp FDR's glory?  The Great Depression was ended by properly-paid state-sponsored jobs in infrastructure, jobs which taught real skills - not stacking shelves in the Pound Shop just to cling on to your benefit!