The manifesto,
which has now gone missing from the UKIP website, stated their opposition to
the expansion of Heathrow, Stansted, and Gatwick “in favour of a major new
Hong Kong-style Thames Estuary airport with motorway connections and a
high-speed rail service to London, the UK and the Continent.”
The manifesto
also stressed their support for a high speed railway linking the south and the
north – a position they now oppose since the announcement of HS2.
Mr Metcalfe
commented: “As I have stressed on numerous occasions, the Thames Estuary is not
the place for a new airport and the fact that UKIP support this idea just
demonstrates that they do not understand the wider views of the people in South
Basildon and East Thurrock.”
“UKIP have shown
that they are inconsistent and opportunistic this is just more evidence that
they do not have a set of cohesive policies to deal with the challenges facing
the country.”
