There were a few by-elections yesterday which did not contain any BNP candidates, but are worth looking at regardless. It is amazing that when the country is going to the dogs that the general public still vote for the three main parties that have gotten us into the mess, putting a squeeze on the others who are not to blame for all of this and may well have some answers to the problems (I include the BNP in this naturally).
- The English Democrats received 5.4% in Stanwix, Carlisle
- UKIP for 37 votes (2.6%) 16 votes less than Cambridge Socilaists in East Chesterton ward for Cambridgeshire County Council.
- In Cremone ward, Kensington and Chelsea UKIP picked up 46 votes (3.1%) while in Earls Court ward for the same authority the UKIP candidate picked up just 18 votes (1.1%)
This puts the BNP's recent poor results into some perspective, it is not just us suffering at the hands of the electorate at the moment, it appears to be all of the minor parties.
3 dreadful UKIP votes and you rightly point out the recent squeeze on minor parties but for the life of me i can't work out why this is happening. What sort of campaigns are being put in by these groups? Did a similar pattern emerge after the last general election in 2005?
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