Big news folks. Just as I predicted, the former Conservative MP, Bob Spink, who had the whip withdrawn over a constituency matter, has joined UKIP. So, UKIP now has representation in both houses of Parliament.
I am in two minds about this. On one hand I am moderately pleased, because someone in the Commons will now be able to properly articulate the point of view that calls for a withdrawal from the EU. However, on the other hand, I feel this is not the right way to go about achieving that representation. The people of the Castle Point Constituency never elected a UKIP MP, they elected Bob Spink, and as much as we like to think otherwise, it was to do with what colour rosette he was wearing, the man himself didn't have a massive amount to do with it.
In this age of party over candidate, how about an automatic by election for every defecting MP?
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