On October 9, the UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party) won a special House of Commons election. Its nominee, Douglas Carswell, had been elected as a Conservative in the previous regular election, but then he had switched parties. He then resigned his seat and ran to remain in that seat, under his new party label. He won almost 60% of the vote. See this story.
In another special election on the same day, for a district which normally votes Labour, UKIP came in second and would have won if its nominee had received 621 more votes. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the news.
The U.K. is now one more UNSTABLE regime —
esp. due to NOT having any written constitution.
P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.
I think the UKIP has a bright future. The news that a 2nd UKIP candidate came within several hundred votes of victory should give both the Conservative and Labour parties a good scare.
I haven’t given up on the possibility we might see such a “independence-oriented” party here in the United States. The possibility of having 4 Independents in the U.S. Senate after the 2014 elections, likewise should give the Republicans and Democrats something to think about.
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The United Kingdom has existed without a written constitution for how many hundred years?
The United States has a Constitution, but how many politicians honor it?
Seems as long as we have Courts that make legislation, then why need a Constitution – or a Congress for that matter?