One of the key decisions we have made in the campaign - nationwide and not just in Thanet - is to avoid negative campaigning. It may work wonders in America to trash your political opponents and to try to dig up dirt on them, but it doesn’t play well with the British voter. Most people think it looks undignified and it alienates them. I believe in the old saying: ''If you pick a fight with the chimney sweep, you get covered in soot.’’ No, stick to expressing the positives about Ukip; don’t throw abuse at rival candidates and, if they do so to you, rise above it. While we are trying to keep well away from negative campaigning, the flak against me is quite substantial and I suspect it will only get worse the closer we get to the election. The other parties are obsessed with me not winning a Westminster seat and I can only hope that the hits on me will take the heat off the other Ukip target seats.