UK Independence Party's by-election win throws Britain into political abyss
The UK Independence Party, led by the pub-clubbable Nigel Farage, has won a resounding second successive Parliamentary by-election and sent British politics tumbling into an abyss of the unknown.
Mark Reckless, the former Conservative politician who left the party for UKIP in September, won back his seat in Parliament Thursday in the Rochester and Strood by-election that was triggered by his defection.
UKIP is now more than just a fringe group thumbing its nose at the big parties: it is a wild card which can threaten all their prospects.
Few political experts would claim at this moment to be able to predict the outcome of the next General Election, which will take place on May 7, 2015.… Seguir leyendo »