UKIP have one measly MP, yes, and I hope their appeal is diminishing. But they have taken a sizeable chunk out of the working class Labour vote in England and there is no doubt at all that the only reason we have had the EU referendum and are on course for the "hard" Brexit is because of Tory fears of UKIP and populism.
As for "progressive" I agree to a point, but surely that's better than the inward looking, austerity championing, regressive Tory policies that will drag us back 50 years.
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