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Politics

Ukip is here to stay – especially if Labour wins

We have entered an age of four-party politics

18 October 2014

9:00 AM

18 October 2014

9:00 AM

British politics is rather like one of those playground games of football where one match is being played lengthways and another sideways. The two regularly get tangled up, making it very hard to work out what is happening. This dynamic in politics will continue all the way to polling day because an electoral system designed for a straight two-way contest is now having to accommodate a four-way fight.

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