UK parliamentary by-elections 2014

[Barnes]

I think mediocre is the operative term to describe Labor's performance in Heywood, and they certainly can't afford to be too mediocre* this close to a general election.

*A reasonable degree of mediocritie is expected from all three major parties at regular intervals, of course.

[Barnes]

Clacton is apparently:

UKIP 21113 59.7%
Con    8709 24.6%
Lab    3957 11.2%
Grn      688  1.9%
LD       483  1.4%
Ind S   205  0.6%
MRLP  127  0.4%
Ind R     56  0.2%

Those figures are similar enough to those of the 1973 Lincoln by-election to be at least mildly amusing.

Now if only UKIP would follow Democratic Labor's lead and fizzle out of existence.

Although the similarity of a result between two pro and anti-EU parties spaced some 40 years apart is rather hilarious.

[Barnes]

Not only are UKIP stealing the LibDem's old function, they're even stealing their lines: they've now claimed to be the only truly national party, which as most of you will recall...

Ugh...

They're going to become so much more insufferable now.