Ukip has won the European elections, leaving Westminster shaking from the political "earthquake" that Nigel Farage had long predicted.In the early hours of Monday morning Labour was on course to capture second place ahead of the Conservative Party. It is the first time since 1984 that the Westminster Opposition party has failed to top the poll. It is also the first time ever that the Conservative Party has not come either first or second in a national election.
The elections were a disaster for Nick Clegg, with the Liberal Democrats set to lose all but one of their 11 MEPs and dropping to fifth place in vote share behind the Greens.Speaking after being returned to the European parliament representing the South East of England, Farage said he would use the result as a springboard to the 2015 general election - when he hopes to be elected as an MP. (Huff Post - ha, ha!)
