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Yes good point. The average age of a conservative party member is I think 68. I cant imagine younger people wanting UKIP - they have nothing to offer them. The only problem is that as we know young people do not tend to vote. We have to make the electoral system more up to date (see Poly...

In the US white middle class people with right wing views are increasingly in the minority as Latinos Hispanics and Afro-American populations grow. The Republican party with its tea party leanings are incapable of attracting these minorities. So as these societal characteristics grow democratic...

I read a persuasive article recently that the current Republican party with its tea party leaning will never again win an election because of the demographics being so much against them. Lacking democratic power they will become obstructive and destructive. Same applies to UKIP/right wing tories

No I haven't. Ukip got 25% of a vote where the turnout was 30%. That is 7.5% of the electorate. If they get enough votes to form a government good luck to them - I will go and live somewhere else - an independent Scotland probably. In the meantime I don't want reasonable parties to start...

Exactly right ! We live in a representative democracy not a direct democracy. I don't want important decisions made by people, most of whom have absolutely no idea of the facts or the issues and just vote on some vague notion of ridiculous nationalism and suspicion of foreigners. Just because...