What now for UKIP?

Their whole raison d'etre (can I still say that now that we've fucked Europe off?) has always been to seek elected office on a platform based around trying to get us to leave the EU.

And now it's happened.

So where does that leave them?

They're a bit redundant and pointless now, surely?

But for the first time ever, Nige has got a win under his belt, so I can't see him quietly retiring to his holiday home somewhere in St Tropez to spend his days sipping Chablis mit die schone Kirsten.

(Sorry, I can't do umlauts because I've got a good, solid, British keyboard.)

What's the chances that they'll morph into a new party to try and exploit their recent gains and fill the void left by the implosion of the mainstream parties?

This could herald the rise of the far right as serious political players in this country.

We used to scoff at the Italians and the French with their pseudo-fascist loonies running around their parliaments, punching each other and shouting but could it now happen here?

Or am I just being dramatic after a bad day....?

Coalition government with a Boris led Tory party?

xmiles wrote:Coalition government with a Boris led Tory party?

Jesus......don't even joke about that.

"Nige! The Russians are being beastly. What shall I do?"

"Er, hang on.....dunno. Have you tried phoning Donald and The Cousins?"

Just to be pedantic, UKIP (including of course Farage) have only ONE parliamentary seats and thus could not enter into a meaningful national coalition even if both sides wanted to.

I suspect the more genuine UKIP members will return again to the Conservative party from which most of them originated and the remaining oddballs will spend more of their time ranting about something or other before joining Manda and Chris at the Lib Dems.

Nobody's talking about a coalition in this parliament.

It's at the next GE that the fun will start, when all the disaffected masses who voted Leave, revelling in their new found power, decide to eschew a morning with Kyle in favour of rounding up the kids / grandkids and associated hangers-on and corral them down to the Polling Station before they go and stock up on Chicken Dippers at Iceland.

If UKIP are still a political presence at that point, who do you think these people will vote for?

It won't be the mainstream parties because they don't trust them.

Yesterday was a perceived vote for direct action, so this lot will remember that and (erroneously) believe that being a fully paid up Kipper means that you can get shit done and make "stuff" better.

With less Eastern Europeans taking up all that lovely benefit money to boot. Woo-Hoo! What's not to love?

And let's be honest, it's not as if Farage is above telling outright lies to blag the electorate, is it?

"We will put the £350 million we currently give the EU every week directly into the NHS if you vote Leave" was emblazoned on their buses throughout the campaign.

Les than five fucking hours after the results came in, the cunt was on telly saying that was a mistake.

If you sold a brand of shampoo that made outrageous claims about it making your hair grow back which subsequently you retracted because they were bollocks, you'd get fucked.

(Thanks to EU legislation on false advertising, by the way.)

But that won't matter because it's all about soundbites and cheap lines which stick.

And why would the lunatic fringe join the LibDems?

They're the least obnoxious party of the lot coming out of this mess, so why would they be the party of choice for your average nutter?

Breadman wrote:Nobody's talking about a coalition in this parliament.

It's at the next GE that the fun will start, when all the disaffected masses who voted Leave, revelling in their new found power, decide to eschew a morning with Kyle in favour of rounding up the kids / grandkids and associated hangers-on and corral them down to the Polling Station before they go and stock up on Chicken Dippers at Iceland.

If UKIP are still a political presence at that point, who do you think these people will vote for?

It won't be the mainstream parties because they don't trust them.

Yesterday was a perceived vote for direct action, so this lot will remember that and (erroneously) believe that being a fully paid up Kipper means that you can get shit done and make "stuff" better.

With less Eastern Europeans taking up all that lovely benefit money to boot. Woo-Hoo! What's not to love?

And let's be honest, it's not as if Farage is above telling outright lies to blag the electorate, is it?

"We will put the £350 million we currently give the EU every week directly into the NHS if you vote Leave" was emblazoned on their buses throughout the campaign.

Les than five fucking hours after the results came in, the cunt was on telly saying that was a mistake.

But that won't matter because it's all about soundbites and cheap lines which stick.

And why would the lunatic fringe join the LibDems?

They're the least obnoxious party of the lot coming out of this mess, so why would they be the party of choice for your average nutter?

Why the hell would dean ambrose join a british political party when he is the wwe champion?

Nope.

Tried.

Even Googled Dean Ambrose and re-read what I'd written but I've still no idea what you're on about.

How many Pepsi Maxes have you had?

Or was it The Buttons?

Breadman wrote:Nope.

Tried.

Even Googled Dean Ambrose  and re-read what I'd written but I've still no idea what you're on about.

How many Pepsi Maxes have you had?

Or was it The Buttons?

Dairy milk tonight

But no, dean ambrose is called the lunatic fringe and is the current (and rightfully so) wwe champion.

Welcome to the asylum

Breadman wrote:And why would the lunatic fringe join the LibDems?

They're the least obnoxious party of the lot coming out of this mess, so why would they be the party of choice for your average nutter?

That was supposed to be a joke to lighten the mood a little bit.

Sorry.

Sorry guys.

Missed your attempts at levity because I'm still in full-on serious "what the fuck will this mean?" mode.

And it's Friday and I'm "with drink".

I always get pissed off when the Tories get in but this feels different.

And dangerous......

Do we think Boris & Michael will give a shit about the north when they desperately try and salvage some sort of relationship with the EU?

It'll all be about London and The City, so we'll be treated like the ginger step kid.

And that's my plans to retire to Spain in 5 years fucked......

Breadman wrote:Sorry guys.

Missed your attempts at levity because I'm still in full-on serious "what the fuck will this mean?" mode.

And it's Friday and I'm "with drink".

I always get pissed off when the Tories get in but this feels different.

And dangerous......

Do we think Boris & Michael will give a shit about the north when they desperately try and salvage some sort of relationship with the EU?

It'll all be about London and The City, so we'll be treated like the ginger step kid.

And that's my plans to retire to Spain in 5 years fucked......

You're pissed?
It's f****** 3 AM and I want another....