NRx shouldn't mourn UKIP's collapse. Democratic insurrections against the leftist calamity are at best a distracting mirage.
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@anomalyuk Yes, I wondered whether that word was too harsh. Losing half its seats looks distinctly collapsish though. -
@Outsideness you can't get a Labour (or SNP) govt by voting UKIP in a by-election. Results aren't comparable.
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@SOBL1@anomalyuk The structural failure of UKIP is that their very existence suggests democracy is the solution, rather than the problem. -
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@SOBL1@Outsideness seeing them as a real alternative was always an illusion anyway. They are fundamentally not a right-wing party. -
@SOBL1@Outsideness they gained votes by being pushed into that bucket by the media, but the party has no stomach for it. -
@anomalyuk@SOBL1 Conservatives who aren't surrendering themselves to comprehensive pwnage quite as fast as the official conservatives. -
@Outsideness@SOBL1 if the PR referendum had passed they would have gained dozens of defectors and become a Tory+Brexit party. -
@Outsideness@SOBL1 ...and might easily have been the biggest party as a result.
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@Outsideness your (correct) point is all the more important for that reason, mind.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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