English Democrats becalmed. Brexit Party is in full sail, leaving UKIP and
all the others floundering in its wake.
The English Democrats received 39,938 votes in total in the 4
regions in which they stood; East of England, North West England, South West
England and Yorkshire and The Humber. In
a previous blogpost I wrote that they would not retain their £20,000 worth of
deposits and would do well if they garnered 40,000 votes – so I was not far
wrong. It was a gallant effort by
patriotic candidates to raise the subject of English nationhood, but their
voices were drowned out as The Brexit Party roared onto the scene. Robin Tilbrook’s party may one day have a
chance to prosper if and when the SNP enter a coalition with Labour and or
other left-wing parties to form a government in Westminster.
I suspect UKIP will gradually fade from the scene and most
of its 554,463 voters, 3.3 per cent of the vote, will eventually drift over to The Brexit Party and give further
impetus to its 30.5 per cent of the vote.
The future of the Conservative Party and The Brexit Party
will be decided by October 31. If there
is no Brexit by then the Conservatives are doomed as their Brexiteer supporters
will jump ship to Nigel Farage’s party.
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