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Denzil_DC

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5. That was certainly the case in the last election. It was a wipe-out for UKIP in Scotland (again).

Reply to Soph0571 (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 04:09 PM

Jan 2020

There's no electoral scope for UKIP in Scotland. The hardline, mostly rightwing, Unionists have headbanging wings in the more mainstream parties that'll happily pander to them.

Let them burble. Scottish self-determination has more serious adversaries in Johnson, Alister Jack et al., who won't be so easily dismissed.

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UKIP says next job is to abolish Holyrood [View all] T_i_B Jan 2020 OP

I think they will accomplish the opposite. dawg day Jan 2020 #1

UKIP is a complete irrelvance who will likley have to pay back their deposit in any seat they stand Soph0571 Jan 2020 #2

The vast majority of their supporters have long since jumped ship T_i_B Jan 2020 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author T_i_B Jan 2020 #4

That was certainly the case in the last election. It was a wipe-out for UKIP in Scotland (again). Denzil_DC Jan 2020 #5

They did manage over 0.1% of the votes! muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #6

If they actually want to break up the UK, this would be a good way of going about it LeftishBrit Jan 2020 #7