UKIP set to cause ‘political earthquake’ as governing Conservatives flounder on Immoral Homosexuality
In Britain , local council elections are seen as a window into the political future, and last week’s surge by Nigel Farage ’s United Kingdom Independence Party has the ruling Conservative Party deeply worried. UKIP has been attracting former Tories - both voters and MPs - disillusioned with Prime Minister David Cameron ’s “modernizing” efforts that have included a bill for “gay marriage” and broken promises on a European referendum. Nigel Farage Nigel Farage is said to be “jubilant” after Friday’s poll results that saw UKIP electing 147 councillors, of whom 139 were gains. He called it a sign of a “sea change” in British politics and declared that UKIP is now the “official opposition.” This was literally true in Lincolnshire, where UKIP totally replaced the Conservatives in 16 seats. By comparison, Labour, the official Official Opposition party, said it was doing “reasonably” having won 35 local seats. Despite Tory accusations that UKIP is nothing more than a reacti