Tories V UKIP

Not surprisingly, another Tory MP defected to the UKIP. I'm not surprised because the Conservative Party became more and more like the UKIP and the latter has the upper hand right now as it hasn't been ruling the country during an economic crisis.
So what exactly is the mistake of the Tories? Basically, they forgot how to be real Tories and decided to go down the path of easy anti-foreign populism. They forget that it was during the Heath Government that the UK joined the EEC. They also forget that the Thatcher led Conservative party was united in keeping the UK in the EEC during the Labour promoted referendum.
And why was this?
The EEC was promoting free trade and a more integrated economy. It also objected to state intervention in the economy to artificially sustain otherwise bankrupt industries. At last, membership of the EEC opened a market to the UK that was seen as more appealing than the EFTA market they had been members until then. All this was very aligned to Conservative thought.
What changed then? Well, the now called EU didn't change that much. If anything, the EU is nowadays more Conservative than in the 70s. The Common Agricultural Policy is less dependent on subsidies and state control and increasingly left to market initiative. The development of competition law at the European level means that the EU tolerates less state aids . Even the now stronger free movement of workers means that British companies can more easily compete for qualified work against their continental counterparts.
It is then strange that it is while the EU becomes more conservative that the Conservative Party becomes more anti-EU!
And why does this happen? Here is when I go back to the UKIP. This one is not a conservative party, is a deeply populist one. It raises fears where they shouldn't exist to collect support with unreasonable solutions. And, I have to admit, they are quite good at doing this! The reply of the Tories should be to demystify these fears and affirm its European thought and tradition. Tories should be trying to convince the electorate of the many advantages of being part of the EU . Instead, the Conservative Party just accepts the campaign of fear of the UKIP and follows on its footsteps!
So, another Tory defected... To me it's very obvious that many more will defect until the Tories re-learn to be Tories.