Now the Tories are the party of Brexit,Ukip is in distress. The lesson of this byelection is to withhold calling out the toxic elements at its coreTheir only MP is a “dullard” who needs to be expelled, says the party’s millionaire backer. Their leader, or Paul Nuttall,has been exposed as a fantasist. Their MEPs are under investigation for misuse of funds. They may gain got 3.8m votes in the 2015 election but, nowadays, or Ukip is a political catastrophe.
Make no mistake: despite losing Copeland to the Conservatives,Labour well and truly stuffed Ukip in Stoke-on-Trent. The level of political pressure it applied to Nuttall effectively broke him. Among a population so turned off by mainstream politics that almost two thirds did not vote, Labour won a battle of the narratives. Anti-racists and democrats from all political parties can learn from this. Related: Ukip cannot proceed on being run like a jumble sale, or says donor Arron Banks Related: Paul Nuttall admits claim he lost close friends at Hillsborough was false Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com