UKIP backgound reading

Ever since the Camaron remarks on UKIP I have been keeping an eye on the UKIP forums to see what might be found. This very recent posting, which seems to be a copy of an article written by By Gerard Batten (MEP), fills in some details on Dr Sked (UKIP's first leader) and the reasons why he left the party:

Among David Cameron's recent insults levelled at UKIP was the allegation that, "Dr Sked (UKIP's first leader) left the party because he thought it had been infiltrated by the far right". Mr Cameron speaks from a position of ignorance. As one of UKIP's founding members, the first Party Secretary from 1993 to 1997, one of Dr Sked's closest associates and a participant in these events, I would like to put the record straight.

UKIP said it would also be parking a Saracen armoured car outside the Conservative spring conference in Manchester on Saturday, in a publicity stunt designed to show "that UKIP's tanks are firmly parked on David Cameron's lawn".