It's always a wake-up call to get beaten- Usain Bolt

Avengers Assemble, Again...

Isn't it ironic I wrote my first blog with the same headline, and I now sit here writing this against another common enemy. It's hard to find any political news or headlines that don't revolve around UKIP, their recent rise to power over the past few weeks, in a year that has been huge for them, is incredible. But then again, I can say they are growing well in popularity, but it's safe to say, I'm not one of them. And neither are any other political parties for that matter.

Cameron, Miliband and (Clegg is supposed to be here, but he's too busy trying to stop his party from imploding) are all gathering again, not against the SNP and Alex Salmond, but an even worse threat. Nigel Farage and attempt to stop him laughing in the face of the EU. One problem. They have the wrong end of the stick. Ed Miliband, for example, accused UKIP members of not thinking "the parties listened to them, or that the country represented them". The flaw in this, that he is right. But he hasn't changed that. And neither are the Tories, or the Lib Dems (who are losing voter left, right and centre anyway). In reality, UKIP have gained voters by the thousands over the course of this year, and the Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems have almost sat back and relaxed in awe of this spectacle. No political party has made such a change in British politics in such a small space of time, but it's not for the better.

The current political climate is so unpredictable at the minute, that it's hard to make a firm judgement at where I see any political parties by the end of the General Election. But with the recent by-elections, I can safely (and gladly) say, that UKIP be in office next year. Whilst the Clacton by-election may say different judging by the huge win for Clacton, but Labour still won the Haywood and Middleton by-election, showing that by no means UKIP are walking over everyone. And whilst they did slash Labours majority by just over 600, this still shows that UKIP still aren't appealing to everyone. This is where my conclusion comes in, I believe UKIP are many peoples second party. These people would vote any of the Big Three parties (as a generalization), but when most of these parties are bickering amongst themselves and don't keep promises (e.g. LIBERAL DEMOCRATS) they fall out of favour with these parties... Step in UKIP. They have the ideal policies for everyone, at the minute, centered on tightening immigration, which is undeniably a big problem now, and blaming the EU for all of our problems, which each and every Briatain can admit to do every now and then!


Jordan Ifield