Posted on 10/10/2014 3:27:50 PM PDT by Lorianne
Just last year, Conservative Party grandee Kenneth Clarke described them as a "collection of clowns" – yet now they represent the greatest electoral challenge to the three main U.K. political parties for decades.
The U.K. Independence Party (UKIP) - the closest the U.K. has to the U.S. tea party - has emerged from the fringes to the limelight, winning its first seat in the U.K. parliament in a by-election on Thursday.
Referendum on EU membership
UKIP member of European Parliament (MEP) Patrick O'Flynn wrote that if UKIP's candidate comes "a good second" in Heywood and Middleton, "my party will have shown that across the north of England it is replacing the Tories and Lib Dems as the main opposition to Labour," writing in the right-wing U.K. tabloid the Daily Express on Wednesday.
This may pile extra pressure on Miliband to commit to a referendum on U.K. membership of the European Union, which he has so far refused to do. However, the trade unions which helped him gain his leadership of the Labour Party, and some of his own MPs, have suggested that he should make this stand, in an effort to guard against the erosion of the white working-class vote. If he does, the spectre of a "Brexit" – British exit from the EU - could have a huge impact on U.K. investments and diplomatic relations.
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Go UKIP!
Two historic elections last night. One a landslide and the other an
almost win in a liberal heartland.
People all over the English speaking world are itching for an alternative to Marxists and the mealy-mouthed opponents who enable them. I am convinced that a UKIP style third party would catch on like wildfire here in the US, and make the RINO party a thing of the past.
“...and make the RINO party a thing of the past.”
See my tag line.
I’d certainly like to see a legitimate second party take on the UniParty.
I’d call it the US Independent Conservative Party (USICP).
“I’d call it the US Independent Conservative Party (USICP).”
Or the US Conservative Independent Party (USCIP).
Bravo Nigel! At last a glimmer of good news among a deluge of bad!
Great news.
I wish we could have such a thing
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” - Gandhi
First they’ll ignore you. Then they’ll ridicule you. Then they’ll petulantly act as if it’s long-established fact.
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