ukip got 3.5 million votes,that's without baring in mind most people were worried about a labour\snp coalition so voted Cons to keep them out,a lot of them would otherwise have gone UKIP.
people are waking,long over due
the majority didnt like UKIP rhetoric , so voted for others forget the excuses
meanwhile down here they were strong ,,,,The surprise locally was that Ukip finished second in seven seats and third in seven more, while former Tory MP Douglas Carswell retained Clacton for Ukip.
Experts had predicted that Essex man may be wooed by Nigel Farage's party, and while they