When Steven Woolfe resigned from UKIP, that was the beginning of the end for them. Every time he appeared on QT or in any interview, I always agreed with everything he said and I felt that he would have made a great Leader for UKIP. Also Cyber, he was very articulate and his accent was perfect. As a party leader he ticked all of the boxes.
Then people like Neil Hamilton start representing them and you just know they are in freefall. Individual ego's it seems are more important than the Party.
After last nights by-elections, and the share of the UKIP vote, I wonder who should be more concerned if they totally implode and collapse ?
Some say most UKIP voters are old fashioned Tories, so should Labour be more worried ? If UKIP voters in Stoke had voted Tory instead, Labour would have lost.
Others say Labour are losing votes to UKIP. If that's the case and UKIP fold, how many UKIP voters will be voting Labour in future, and how will all of this affect the marginal seats in 2020 ?
At the moment, the perception is that by Leaving the EU, we can control Immigration as it's a genuine concern for 60%-70% of the electorate. If this becomes less of a concern in future, then not many will see the point in voting for UKIP. Maybe they have forced Labour and the Tories to take Immigration seriously ?
But if the working class in Industrial areas feel they are not being listened to, then UKIP may still have a future ?
Best comment of the night was in Copeland, Cumbria. A woman said she was disappointed that Labour had lost the seat after so long, but it really made no difference to her who was in power in Copeland. "We are invisible" she said, adding, "In Westminster, they don't even know that we exist" I think we can all relate to that.
