The UK Independence Party (Ukip), once dismissed as a group of
"fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists" by British Prime Minister David
Cameron, appears set to trounce the country's mainstream political
parties in Britain’s elections for the European Parliament later this month.
According to the latest opinion poll, published in Britain's Sunday Times newspaper and conducted by UK statistics firm YouGov, far-right Ukip - a relative new kid on the block of British politics - would score 31 per cent of the vote among the respondents if the European elections were held when the poll was taken.
The poll showed Ukip would come in three points ahead of the Labour Party, while Cameron's Conservatives would trail in third place with 19 per cent of the vote.
Citizens of European Union member states head to the polls every five years to elect members of the European Parliament. The body’s main role is to approve new EU laws, which override national laws of member states.
The stakes are particularly high this year as it’s the first time in many countries that far-right, anti-EU parties are likely to pose a major challenge to traditional parties.
Given that trend, Ukip’s impressive result in the YouGov poll isn’t a shock. What is perhaps surprising, though, is that the party still managed to finish in first place after a slew of bad press in recent weeks.
Read more: Ukip support surges in run-up to Britain's European elections - World - CBC News
According to the latest opinion poll, published in Britain's Sunday Times newspaper and conducted by UK statistics firm YouGov, far-right Ukip - a relative new kid on the block of British politics - would score 31 per cent of the vote among the respondents if the European elections were held when the poll was taken.
The poll showed Ukip would come in three points ahead of the Labour Party, while Cameron's Conservatives would trail in third place with 19 per cent of the vote.
Citizens of European Union member states head to the polls every five years to elect members of the European Parliament. The body’s main role is to approve new EU laws, which override national laws of member states.
The stakes are particularly high this year as it’s the first time in many countries that far-right, anti-EU parties are likely to pose a major challenge to traditional parties.
Given that trend, Ukip’s impressive result in the YouGov poll isn’t a shock. What is perhaps surprising, though, is that the party still managed to finish in first place after a slew of bad press in recent weeks.
Read more: Ukip support surges in run-up to Britain's European elections - World - CBC News
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