Johnsonontheleft
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Do we now have 4 main political parties in this country?
No, You have 2 dominant parties (Conservative and Labour) and at the moment two lesser parties that have been exceeding expectations (UKIP and Lib Dems). I would say you can't be a main political party without having legitimate expectations of being able to form a majority government or spend multiple terms in office as a dominant part of a coalition.Johnsonontheleft said:Do we now have 4 main political parties in this country?
nijinsky's fetlocks said:No, much as you must have enjoyed your powerwank imagining such a scenario.
Damocles said:nijinsky's fetlocks said:No, much as you must have enjoyed your powerwank imagining such a scenario.
Pretty much this.
UKIP will go the way of Liberty, Veritas, the BNP, the Greens and all the other "almost fourth parties".
When people are using you as a protest vote and you're pretty much a single issue party, all you're doing is ensuring that you will have one good cycle and the main parties will just nick your ideas and grab your voters.
Damocles said:nijinsky's fetlocks said:No, much as you must have enjoyed your powerwank imagining such a scenario.
Pretty much this.
UKIP will go the way of Liberty, Veritas, the BNP, the Greens and all the other "almost fourth parties".
When people are using you as a protest vote and you're pretty much a single issue party, all you're doing is ensuring that you will have one good cycle and the main parties will just nick your ideas and grab your voters.
Damocles said:nijinsky's fetlocks said:No, much as you must have enjoyed your powerwank imagining such a scenario.
Pretty much this.
UKIP will go the way of Liberty, Veritas, the BNP, the Greens and all the other "almost fourth parties".
When people are using you as a protest vote and you're pretty much a single issue party, all you're doing is ensuring that you will have one good cycle and the main parties will just nick your ideas and grab your voters.