While the Tories bask in the warm glow of victory, the defeated parties are\u00a0embroiled in a tasteless orgy of disunity and turmoil. Only the Lib Dems are maintaining a dignified silence as they prepare to choose\u00a0their new leader.<\/p>\n
None has been more riveting to the news media than UKIP. The latest is the demise of its\u00a0two best known voices, other than Nigel Farage. They, like their leader, are still there, but with a diminished status. Following his three day long resignation, Nigel is not just the man but also the band. The edginess surrounding the disparate gang of eurosceptic little Englanders who\u00a0people the inner core of the most interesting electoral phenomenon for may years, is driven by fear.<\/p>\n
For long they have made the weather and have been backed by the strident right wing tabloids and tabloid crossovers, the chorus of which has been that the Brits are itching to exit. Just name the day of the referendum and we will be off. It is now beginning to dawn that the big silent majority who have not even bothered with the debate are waking up. They are unphased by nationalism but engaged in the national interest. As they mobilise and muster and present a convincing case of how\u00a0Britain would be making\u00a0itself a hostage to fortune in an ever more uncertain world if we left the EU, a new unwelcome vision has appeared on the UKIP horizon. It is that the nation will vote Yes\u00a0to stay in the EU\u00a0and UKIP will be over. No wonder there is a lot of catfighting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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