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- ↑ "BBC News - Results and Constituencies - Isle of Wight". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
- ↑ "We Want Our Country Back Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine ", UK Independence News #59, p.2
- ↑ "Message from the Party Leader Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine ", Independence #62, p.2