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ichkeria...you are right of course, A vote for UKIP ( Oh God...I said it ! ) is largely a wasted vote. It is nigh on impossible to imgine that they will be in a position to form any kind of Government in 2015. They may get the odd seat or two but even that is far-fetched. Voting for a minority party like the above, or even the Greens, must be like peeing yourself while wearing dark trousers...you get a warm feeling but nobody really notices and it doesn't achieve anything anyway.
Even Farage, who is not as green as he is cabbage looking, knows that. He hopes that his party will encourage the Tories to take a sideways leap to the right, something that has already happened, to a small degree. UKIP are only a pressure group, with ill-determined polices. The behaviour of one of their less salubrious MEPs has demonstrated what a rag bag they are. I almost feel sorry for Farage, as keeping control of his loony tunes must be akin to herding cats
Voting for UKIP may increase the chances of a Labour win, as most votes for UKIP will come from the Tories. That is why Dave sleeps so uneasily at nights, and why Boris's grin seems to get wider by the day.