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> Letter In The Guardian
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> Douglas Carswell's attempt to secure another term in office as Clacton's MP by defecting to UKIP will be seen by many as an opportunistic move because he sees his seat slipping away from him.
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> For a man who claims to be against the top down approach of the political elite in Westminster and to fight for local democracy, his actions do not appear to match his words. We need no lectures about transparency from someone who, is in conjunction with Nigel Farage selects himself as the UKIP candidate.
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> Roger Lord, until now the UKIP candidate selected by local UKIP members is reported as stating " It is pretty arrogant of Douglas Carswell that the voters and the electorate are like sheep and will go along with this".
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> If Mr Carswell does believe in democracy then why doesn't he take part in a selection process and let the members of the party he is now representing make the decision of who their candidate is?
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> It is very clear that Mr Carswell has nothing but contempt for the people of Clacton by thinking they have no principles and they will just vote for him regardless of what party he represents.
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> When the people of Clacton find out what UKIP's policies are in relation to privatising the NHS and tax breaks for the well off I believe the people of Clacton will vote for the Labour candidate Tim Young and Labour could do better in this election than what is being suggested.
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> Mr Carswell is no different from the political elite he hypocritically criticises.
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> Keith Henderson
> Frinton-on-Sea