Blog 2023 Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Even the fact that he never pays Federal Tax, which would have sunk any other presidential candidate, seems not to impact Trump badly, although the polls show Hilary pushing ahead again. Many people hate the Federal government and its taxes, so they agree with Trump when he says he is smart. The difficulty for pollsters and pundits is that this election is not about the presidency; it is about Trump.

People are either voting for him or against him. If they vote against him they will vote for Hilary unless they waste their ballot on some third party no hoper. Hillary has about 25% of potential voters  actually voting for her with enthusiasm. That cannot get her to the White House. Whether she does get back to her old home will depend on whether enough Trump haters want to stop him at any price. Hardly ideal for America whichever way it goes.

The resignation of the newly elected leader Diane James because she cannot gain control,  is a public declaration that the party for UKIP is all but over. It had a purpose and it fulfilled it. It was a platform for Nigel Farage. It achieved its goal. The UK is off out of the EU. Farage retires. Left behind is a collection of quarrelsome discontents who agree about nothing and who are hell bent on a path to self destruction. A huge shift in the political weather with the new interventionist, left moving, Tory party and the 21st century socialism of Corbyn’s Labour, will be for UKIP all but overwhelming. It probably makes no difference whoever is leader now.

Even if Nigel Farage comes back. Again.