British Soldier beheaded in London.

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Soleron said:
You don't consider the council elections or the two recent by-elections as "any votes"? (Coming second in both, in one case being very very close to having an MP) Sure, they won't get 25% but they will get 15% and cause a Labour goverrnment I'm pretty sure.

They transitioned from a single-issue party to a protest party. Anyone on the right unhappy with any CON policy, or who just don't like the Government, will vote for them. By having no policies, they can offend no one. Any policy is divisive remember, you lose half your voters for each one.

Let's be honest, Scottish/Welsh/NI politics are dominated by who's in Westminster and therefore by English politics. They don't have much control over their own taxation, defence, foreign policy or economy which are the only real sources of power.

But they were only by-elections. I want to see how they perform in a general election where turnout won't be so poor. Either way they will smash the Lib Dems and deservedly so. I just wish the Green party or Respect were big enough to make an alternative to Labour. But i can understand why people protest vote UKIP. But how can people say UKIP is so great if these people don't really know what they stand for? 

Also, i think Wales is only really dominated by Westminister now. Since Scottish and Northern Irish devolution, Westminister is not as dominant in those regions i think. And Scotland could of been devolved more power if David Cameron yet them have devo-max (all power of a nation state except military). Scots seem too split on actual independence.