ramsey is britain's first ukip- led council. reeve is a relative newcomer to politics. >> i've always grown up thinking politics is something posh people do or something rich people do. whereas ukip said they wanted an ordinary person who is prepared to work hard and do things in your community. it is you that our most valuable. >> ramsey had been a conservative stronghold before ukip took control of the town council. its focus is on local projects like this market run by volunteers. >> sometimes they man them, but our volunteers look after them so people can have full-time jobs and still try their big business idea. >> with just over a week to go before local elections, it is the burgeoning grassroots activism like this that has got the conservatives worried. the main source of their uneasiness is the leader of ukip. he describes himself as a libertarian euro skeptics and has position himself as the true heir to margaret thatcher. am i can honestly say that everywhere we go, weather it is labor heartland, southwest, tory, rural