David Cameron may have healthy lead over Miliband when it comes to choosing PM. But unless Tories form pact with Nigel Farage’s UKIP, Tories will let Ed in through back-door. Douglas Cars well’s thumping win for UKIP in Clacton by-election, once Tory stronghold should send shivers to Conservative MPs in Shire Counties. PM had narrow escape on Scottish independence, due to George Brown’s intervention.
Tories’ misconception of UKIP as one day wonder, Farage masquerading as serious politician, an equivocator is contemptuous. Beer-drinking, limelight hugging, quick-thinking people’s champion may not have cardinal virtues but eloquent Farage has gift of the gab. Farage will have easy victory in South Thanet constituency, come next May.
Die-hard, dissatisfied Conservatives regard luminous Farage as true Conservative and will leave in droves for UKIP which will become the third largest party. LibDem is facing unmitigated disaster, heading for total humiliation. Even Nick Clegg is likely to lose his seat.
UKIP will split Tory votes, thus enabling Labour to take-over the reign. But alliance with UKIP will give Conservatives safe majority, tenure of Office for another term country so badly needs to mend the economy, complete the job and make quantum improvement in our living standard.
Let us hope PM will modulate, as dinosaurs have no place in modern politics.
Bhupendra M Gandhi
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