So UKIP have taken 139 seats in the county council elections and have a decent claim to be the new third party in British (certainly English anyway) politics. Considering the sclerotic and managerial state of mainstream politics currently, riddled with out of touch career politicians and clueless wonks, this can only be a Good Thing, particularly since it is likely that the screams for an in/out referendum on continuing to be in the EU may become loud enough to be answered sooner rather than later. Whether the rest of UKIP's programme gets a proper tidy up or not as befits a political party which may soon have a real voice is still an unknown quantity, but I'll take them over the LiarDems any day (who I hope will soon be holding their party conferences in a phone box), and seeing the Tories running around like headless chickens today has made me very cheerful.
I suspect Nigel Farage will be enjoying his pint today.
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