UKIP's 'Clown' May Have the Last Laugh

UKIP's 'Clown' May Have the Last Laugh

By the time Nigel Farage settled into the Marquis of Granby for his first lunchtime pint on Friday, it was already clear that he and his UK Independence party had achieved something extraordinary. Initial results suggest Ukip has secured in excess of 20 per cent of the vote in Thursday’s local elections, with more than 100 councillors elected. This is an unprecedented performance in English elections for a party outside the Westminster establishment. Ukip was dismissed as ‘clownlike’ by Tory ministers only this week.

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