Saturday, October 04, 2014

One Says UKIP To Bring Labour To Power - Another Says The Opposite.

Ukip poses a "serious threat" to Labour’s chances of victory at next May’s general election, a former aide to Ed Miliband reports.
A forensic study of the electoral map published by the Labour-affiliated Fabian Society rejects claims by some senior party figures that Nigel Farage could help Labour regain power because most of his party’s supporters are former Conservative voters. It says many of these people are in safe Tory seats and so their flight to Ukip will not affect the election’s outcome. In contrast, it concludes that Ukip’s “rising tide”  already poses a “very serious”  threat  to Labour’s hopes in 22 key marginal constituencies the party hopes to win, while the Tories are under serious threat in only 11 key seats.
In total, there are 59 seats where a surge in Ukip support has the potential to seriously impair Labour’s prospects, including 39 Conservative-Labour marginals. Although Mr Farage’s party could potentially damage Tory prospects in 67 seats, only 13 of these are Tory-held seats on Labour’s target list. The Independent.
But:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/11139672/Ukip-will-threaten-Tory-chances-of-winning-in-100-key-seats-next-election-researchers-predict.html
Hmm. So. Let's take Nigel at his word - VOTE UKIP - GET UKIP!

I hope most Americans had a Godly Thanksgiving.

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