[Stop It]

So, in order to be accepted by the mainstream, UKIP will have to become er...typical Eurosceptic Tories? Well we already have those and they're the source of much joy and infighting within that lot so maybe they should jump ship to UKIP too? Maybe that's the end game for people like Carswell.

From the article: “Angry nativism must have no part in it. No Ukip candidate should ever make the mistake of blaming outsiders for the failings of political insiders in Westminster.”

Why is this guy even in UKIP again? He's a good guy, even if I disagree with his politics and Farage would do well to listen to him, even if it dilutes the entire point of the party as a whole to some.

At the end of the day, UKIP can be a far bigger threat to the Tories if they can show that they aren't a bunch of xenophobic whiners, there are legitimate reasons why our continued relationship with the EU can be questioned (And I say this as a committed supporter of the EU and the European project) and there is room for a party who would take us off our current path.

That said, UKIP current policy is to shout loudly and say nothing, and blame everyone externally for the issue we face as a country as if closing our borders and leaving the EU will magic a fix for everything. It wont and once UKIP sees past that and gets policymakers with the capability to present a viable future for the UK post EU then they can be taken seriously as a political party.