Thread: Post-Brexit Thread
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Old 13-12-2016, 10:39   #3197
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Re: Post-Brexit Thread
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Because our system values depth of local support for an individual over breadth of national support for his party. That's just the way it is, and I believe most of the time it works out for the best in our country.

However I do wish people would stop using Farage's failure to win depth of support in one town in the south of England as a spurious argument against his, or his party's, general popularity in the country. Given the millions of votes UKIP gained in 2015, such an argument is preposterous.
I'm not saying that he's unpopular. I don't think the electoral system is fair to Ukip and I think it should be reformed.
However, in the context of the Daily Express article, I'm asking what Farage intends to do as he is threatening to return to British politics, he's no longer Ukip leader so what are his options bearing in mind his lack of success as an MP in Thanet. Would he do better in another seat?
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