London Banter - View Single Post - Will Brexit lead to the abandonment of Crossrail2 and Turning SouthLondon Orange?

tim... · July 18th 16, 11:58 AM posted to uk.transport.london

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On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 09:19:02 +0100
Neil Williams wrote:
On 2016-07-16 20:45:50 +0000, said:

Unlike the SNP, it seems that UKIP is in no shape on the ground to pick
up
the Labour seats. Look at the pattern of local government byelection
results
I post each week in uk.politics.electoral. UKIP's vote has been falling
with
Labour winning their safe seats by default, even though they are losing
a
few more marginal seats to the Tories. UKIP often can't find candidates
to
defend their seats. One of this week's four Lib Dem gains was a gain in
such
a seat.

I wonder if UKIP will now slowly die off - it was still really a
single-issue party, and their main matter of campaign has been set in
motion.

Also now that Farage has gone they don't have anyone high profile left to
campaign. They said he quit because of threats but politicians get them
all
the time anyway. He's a smart cookie and I suspect he knew that once they
got
the referendum result UKIP raison d'etre pretty much vanished overnight.
However if for whatever reason Article 50 doesn't get enacted I expect to
see
him pop up again.

I don't think he will be quiet over the next 5 years whatever happens

tim