It's hardly a ukip victory being the last larger fringe party to actually get an elected seat! The Greens and respect beat them to that long ago, but you won't hear that being celebrated in the press!
Also how did they win exactly? Carswell was already the MP there, already in parliament who defected last minute to ukip. People would have voted for him anyway as he was their MP and clearly liked in the area. So this isn't a ukip victory at all it's just a vote for carswell and maintaining the status quo in the area.
After approx 17 years of ukip to finally get 1 mp in parliament with a 36% turnout should be seen for exactly what it is, a huge failure to gain momentum and curry favour of the opinion of the country.
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