On Friday, UKIP won its first parliamentary seat. What can be read between the lines of this controversial victory? What motivated UKIP voters? Two very different interpretations: New UKIP MP Douglas Carswell: The idea that we are the Tory party in exile – that myth died this evening. We are a different party that stands for all Britain and all Britons, disillusioned former Labour voters who have given up on politics altogether, every bit as much as for traditional Conservative voters.” Harriet Harman, deputy leader of the Labour party: “I profoundly understand the concerns people have that make them feel despairing or angry...People see them [Ukip] as outsiders and therefore giving people a kick up the backside. But the reality is that the policies that are being put forward would make the problems that people have and the struggles they have in their lives actually worse rather than better. bit.ly/1yS4E7b
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:28:42 +0000
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