General Election 2015: UKIP: Suzanne Evans interview

ENGLAND: London: INT Suzanne Evans (Deputy Chairman, UKIP) interview SOT - hearing Nicola Sturgeon talk on a leaders debate 'I hate the Tories', even I'm going to sit here and tell you the Tories aren't all bad / the Labour party is not all bad, they have some policies that are good and some that are bad / I would vote as an MP according to the wishes of my constituents and according to my conscience for each individual bill as it passed through the House of Commons / that is the responsible way to act as a politician Q: you could vote to support a Labour government? Suzanne Evans SOT - the Labour govt has stated it wants to take people on the minimum wage out of tax altogether, that's also in UKIPs manifesto / I'm not going to vote against that Q: why not consider a more formal deal? Suzanne Evans SOT - the party's made it clear we would enter into a confidence and supply arrangement / obviously the budget needs to be gone through / we would vote according to our conscience, according to what we stand for in our own manifesto as we go forward through the parliament / we have absolutely ruled out any kind of formal coalition Q: what about racists, are they welcome to vote UKIP too? Suzanne Evans SOT - I love the way you talk about UKIP in conjunction with racism because I see a huge amount of racism in the other parties - have you asked other party leaders this question? / have you asked them - do you want people who, in the past may have been BNP or National Front, to vote for you / I think it's a very unfair question Q: it's about kinds of people you want to vote for you Suzanne Evans SOT - (gets his name wrong) - everybody's vote is private / people go to the ballot and vote for who they want Q: Has Nigel Farage got what it takes to lead your party, he's admitted he's on tranquilisers Suzanne Evans SOT - don't think he's on tranquilisers, he's on pain relief - Nigel is fighting a very good campaign / he looks ve...