Can UKIP voters name me the policies they voted for or was it just a case of getting rid of Labour? That latter reason is not good enough and I would be interested in fact-checking the policies UKIP voters went for.
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I fear that UKIP will quite feasibly appeal to many traditional Labour pockets in Wales, possibly areas where long-standing Labour maybe wasn't really chosen for it's policies, but possibly because they were the 'opposite and opposition' to the reviled Tories .
Now there is a Party that could appeal to those who are suspicious of anything and everything that exists further away than the bottom of their road, and areas inhabited by self-proclaimed 'salt-of-the-earth', but which actually feel rather small minded and xenophobic in actuality.
Very well done to Leanne Wood in the Rhondda mind. :thumbup:
Rather than be argumentative for the sake of it, I reckon you are 100% correct in that ukip voters just wanted Labour out, however regarding policy, I wonder how many Labour voters knew what they were voting on, you know the saying in Wales, put a red ribbon around a turd and it'll get a resounding victory. I wonder how many voters go to the poll voting on policy ?
NinianClark is spot on. The Senedd badly needed UKIP to inject some spice into the debate but people won't be happy unless it's full to the brim of leftie luvvies like Charlotte Church.
I had maybe 8 choices on my ballot paper so wanting to oust Labour (or elements of the Labour party) is not a good enough reason to vote for UKIP.
Give me a dull politician who cares and has a plan to deal with the issues over someone who is different and "not boring" any day.
Some may be sheep (like some may be racist) but that doesn't mean Labour have nothing to offer Wales nor that they may offer less than anyone else. That's your decision but voting UKIP should be done on believing they offer more than the others and yet no one has mentioned a policy, it's always been about being "not Labour " or "not dull".
Well this is clearly the problem with politics in the UK in general. To provide a little bit of balance. I live in England, my MP is MArk Prisk. I would prefer if his party were nowhere near government but he's always seemed like a decent guy to me (helped my family with a couple of things). Down the road is Grant Shapps territory. He is incapable, thick as shit, happy to **** anyone over for a few pence and a complete ****. Yet, because he is Tory candidate, he wins his seat by a country mile.
I think it's checking great that despite all the doom and gloom at least alun cairns lovechild Ross England failed to beat labour by a few hundred votes ......and as for that bloke from torfaen munching on a Gregg's sausage roll blaming labour for his failed life , you couldn't make it up
I like corbyn but the disaster of losing so many seats to the SNP and all the Tory lies on balancing the books means socialists need to look elsewhere
This country is burnt out and the Tories are doing a great job of ****ing anyone but themselves