Potential UK General Election Late 2016 / Early 2017

[Enny]

I can't at all see there being another General Election anytime soon. If there was it would be relatively the same as the 2015 Election. The Tories dipped a little bit in opinion polls since there, but I've noticed they're going back up since May got in. The most significant difference I predict if an election was held soon is UKIP's vote depleting, due to the loss of Farage as leader and their now lack of relevance. The only thing which could make a General Election's results wildly different is if Labour split. In either case it's good news for the Tories for now.

[Enny]

UKIP is still the only real option (in England and Wales) for protest voters, and there's long been a fair few such voters.

True, but nonetheless UKIP's influence is waning now due to winning the Referendum, Farage's resignation and the Tories promising to implement a proper Brexit....although May's decision to wait until at least 2017 to trigger Article 50 will likely have angered quite a few Kippers.