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Originally Posted by Mick
It was a Seismic shift - it is a new party which is now the largest party sitting in the European Parliament. The mistake you're making is saying it's UKIP, it's not - for a start it has candidates from a whole range of political beliefs, from those on left, to those on right. It also had a diverse range of ethnic candidates, which was far from the case in UKIP.
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Ian's not saying the Brexit Party is Ukip.
Basically, Ukip is all but dead (and Change UK for that matter) and Nigel Farage's new vehicle is the Brexit Party. I don't think it's unfair to compare the change in votes for Nigel Farage's old and new parties and to conclude that 5% is not a seismic shift.