"Politician responds to voice of public?
I thought that's what we wanted them to do?"
Yes, I think that CP was merely pointing out that lib/lab/con was taking no notice until the collective voices of the public were channelled via UKIP. This has rather shaken them. They would like us to believe that UKIP only attracts the 'protest' vote, but they now realise that isn't the case. My wife wanted to protest - so her vote went to the Greens. What's more, lib/lab/con tried to tar UKIP with the racist brush; of course, if I were a racist, I would have voted BNP etc.
However, I'm not convinced that the EU and immigration from Europe are the principle concerns of voters. Intelligent people have the wit to realise that it doesn't make sense to keep importing immigrants, wherever they are from, into an already overcrowded country. This is not a sustainable answer to anything. I suspect also, that people feel uncomfortable with the inexorable rise of a religion that cannot live with itself, let alone live alongside other religions.
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