http://kerrypolka.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] kerrypolka.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] emperor 2015-05-08 07:16 pm (UTC)

I know at least one person (and have heard of one more) who said they were wavering between UKIP and Green, which took me a while to process but I think I understand now. (Not agree with, but comprehend.) I think it's that UKIP has successfully sold itself as the working-class anti-establishment vote - both of which, for the record, I think are good things, but not when they're coupled with racism and fascism. UKIP is collecting voters who are frustrated with how small the difference seems between two big pro-austerity parties mostly made up of people who went to Oxbridge and immediately went into political jobs. I think it's possible a lot of those people would have voted Lib Dem before, but not after the experience of the coalition government.

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