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The United Kingdom Independence Party won around a quarter of the votes in wards where it fielded candidates in English local elections. Mainstream parties may be tempted to shift even further to the right in order to win over UKIP voters. But this might end up losing them electoral support, as well as being unjust and deepening rifts in society.
Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron, formerly dismissive of UKIP, said that ?it is no good insulting a political party that people have chosen to vote for". He claimed that ?hard-working people? want the government to do ?"More to help with the cost of living, more to turn the economy round, more to get immigration down, to sort out the welfare system.?
Scapegoating minorities indeed tends to be popular across the world at times of economic crisis. And a YouGov survey does indicate that desire to reduce immigration and get Britain out of the European Union are top issues for those who say they might vote for UKIP in a general election.
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/18357
Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron, formerly dismissive of UKIP, said that ?it is no good insulting a political party that people have chosen to vote for". He claimed that ?hard-working people? want the government to do ?"More to help with the cost of living, more to turn the economy round, more to get immigration down, to sort out the welfare system.?
Scapegoating minorities indeed tends to be popular across the world at times of economic crisis. And a YouGov survey does indicate that desire to reduce immigration and get Britain out of the European Union are top issues for those who say they might vote for UKIP in a general election.
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/18357