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UKIP do have councillors, Paul. Both voted in as UKIP, and Tory councillors who have crossed over to them later.
In May 2010, UKIP scored 3.5% of the vote, their support has since trebled on average.
Yet, there are constituencies, such as we saw last night, where UKIP is the clear challenger to Labour.
For the Conservatives to stand with a candidate in such areas would mean wasting votes and assuring a Labour victory.
As many would-be and former Tory voters see this fact, they will inevitably abandon the blues, in particular as that party has an official stance on the EU which is to remain part thereof and expand it to other countries.
Or, they have a complete change of leadership, but that would only appeal to the Tory electorate if it came about before the next G.E., and with no more constant u-turns in their policy. Of-course this would mean quitting with the LibDems as Coalition partners.
One more thing, so long as our Joker (the Chancellor) keeps promissing us Austerity for years to come, the Tory party is as good as done and over with!
