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T_i_B

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3. The vast majority of their supporters have long since jumped ship

Reply to Soph0571 (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 03:37 PM

Jan 2020

Either to the Tories or the Brexit pity party. However, they have been hugely influential on right wing thinking, and I can see this strand of Unionism (which appears to have been inspired mostly by Butcher Cumberland after the battle of Culloden) gaining a lot of support among right wingers.

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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