RICHARD Grant’s comment that UKIP are just troublemakers is absurd.

Their rise in the vote is due to the fact they represent a significant percentage of the electorate who believe we will be better off in every sense without the overregulation of Brussels and regain control of our future.

The ballot box Mr Grant doesn’t lie. UKIP are on the way up, passing Lib Dems on their way down.

SIMON SCANTLEBURY, Dibden Purlieu.