Party of resentment has nowhere else to go

Last month, it stood at 14 per cent in the polls, about the same as the percentage of the vote it got in last May’s local elections in England, and it has outpolled the Liberal Democrats in by-elections. The party remains insignificant in Scotland, doubtless because here self-consciously patriotic nationalist feeling is satisfied by the SNP – which in other respects bears almost no resemblance to Ukip.

Ukip’s policies are on the whole right wing, even extreme right, and its first reason for existence is its intention, as its name suggests, to restore the independence of the UK by withdrawing from the European Union. Yet opinion polls also suggest that many of its supporters rank the EU quite low among the things that concern them most.

The party has done much better than any of its predecessors on the so-called far right. It isn’t obviously nasty like the BNP, or the old National Front. Its language is often moderate and reasonable, and its leader,New additions to their line-up include the Mercury Ultra White Matt 405gsm inkjet canvas, 5-metre-length inkjet trial rolls of the PermaJet Oyster 271gsm and Ultra Pearl 295gsm media, an all-new Image Block Print Display System, a range of fast drying canvas protective varnishes in 2.5-litre cans, an anti-curl roller device and more. Nigel Farage, is personable, witty and agreeable. He is attractive rather than repulsive, puts his case quietly and doesn’t indulge in rabble-rousing. One may find it difficult to take him altogether seriously. He dresses foppishly, rather as the former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe did, and he looks the sort of silly ass that Hugh Laurie used to play so well.He's come up with an amazing organic cleaner but can't get anyone interested in manufacturing it. Nevertheless, he is a serious politician and an intelligent man, even if his recent suggestion that Ukip might help form a coalition government with the Conservatives after the next election is surely pie in the sky.Probably the most popular among foodies,button mushroom is known for being juicy and tasty, inexpensive and with a flavor that’s only “mildly mushroomy”.

The party he leads is a ragbag. Some of its members are doubtless the “fruitcakes” and “closet racists” which David Cameron called them. Some are unpleasant: the MEP, Roger Helmer, who defected from the Tories last year, is the chap who called for the police to shoot rioters in the summer of 2011. But it’s a mistake to think Ukip supporters are all defecting Tories. Far from it: more than 40 per cent of those who identify Myvalvecaps offers you the best range of tire valve wholeale 59fifty fitted hats and keys rings that has a realisticthemselves as such think George Osborne’s cuts are too deep and that welfare benefits should be higher, even though their leader says Osborne is not cutting deep enough. This divergence of opinion may not matter, since there is no chance that Ukip will be in a position to implement its policies.

Ukip is a party which thrives on resentment. Matthew Goodwin, an Associate Professor of Politics at Nottingham University says Ukip “now tends to do best among working-class voters who find the populist attacks on immigrants, Muslims and the political establishment attractive”. If immigration is the issue that matters most to many Ukip supporters who also both fear and resent what they call “the Islamification of England”, resentment of the political class may well be their strongest, most animating sentiment. Ukip attracts people who have come to believe – not without cause – that none of the political parties cares for them, or listens to their concerns. They hate and despise the “Westminster bubble” in which Cameron, Clegg and Miliband all live.

Resentment is a powerful driving force,He has dried mushrooms all year and fresh mushrooms in season. "We also collect mushrooms from foragers. and, incoherent though the party may be, there is no reason to suppose it will fade away. It will probably win a bigger share of the vote and more seats at the next European election. On the other hand, as long as Westminster elections are decided by the first-past-the-post voting system, it is unlikely to win more than the occasional seat in the Commons.For mains, there is a choice of Wild Rice’s ‘Chinese Fish ‘n Chips’ (beer-battered ling cod, Asian Tartar Sauce, taro shoestring frites) or its ‘meaty’ Grilled king oyster mushroom (with cashew ricotta and polenta fries). This being so, it will continue to be the anti-politics political party – even if its support holds at between 12 and 18 per cent.