So, the local elections
So, the local council election results: Please bear in mind the following
1) The governing party (or parties) always gets slaughtered at the locals as a protest.
2) Labour made a shitload more gains than UKIp, but that isn't news.
3) Most fools who did vote UKIP did so (I hope, anyway) because they're incorrectly seen as a "safe" protest vote, so don't expect them to do so well next year (cos next year is virtually certain to end with a minority Labour government).
On the downside, do expect the Tories, and to a lesser extent Labour, to swing to the Eurosceptic right for the coming year, because they think that's what will win back the UKIP voters.
1) The governing party (or parties) always gets slaughtered at the locals as a protest.
2) Labour made a shitload more gains than UKIp, but that isn't news.
3) Most fools who did vote UKIP did so (I hope, anyway) because they're incorrectly seen as a "safe" protest vote, so don't expect them to do so well next year (cos next year is virtually certain to end with a minority Labour government).
On the downside, do expect the Tories, and to a lesser extent Labour, to swing to the Eurosceptic right for the coming year, because they think that's what will win back the UKIP voters.