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In the case of your scenario, where the Tories and UKIP got a majority of parliamentary seats, then they would almost certainly form a coalition.

I didn't say that they'd get a combined majority of *seats*,I said that,combined,they could get a majority of the *vote* in many,maybe even the majority,of constituencies.So,combined,they get 55% of the votes in constituency after constituency (Tory-40%,UKIP-15%) while Labour gets 41% in each of them.

I love Nigel Farage.I make it a point to watch youtube videos of his European Parliament speeches on a regular basis.I also thought that Ross Perot had some worthwhile things to say.But I didn't vote for him...because I knew he didn't have a prayer and all he could do was cause Bush to lose.Same goes in Britain.Farage will win,perhaps,a handful of seats and very,*very* probably will cost Cameron a umber of seats that he otherwise would have taken.Result? You know what the result will be.

I also thought that Ross Perot had some worthwhile things to say.But I didn't vote for him...because I knew he didn't have a prayer and all he could do was cause Bush to lose.

And you were smart enough to make that calculation but British conservatives are too stupid to make the same calculation?