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indigo · 28-08-2008, 02:56 PM

I don't think the prediction of doubling the number of MEP's will backfire. After the elections, the party will be in meltdown anyway, so the issue of wrong predictions isn't going to matter at all.

He could at least have made a slightly realistic optimistic prediction, like "We'll get 3% of the vote."

This seems like the GLA all over again. Crazy predictions of soaring improvements on previous elections, coupled with a reality of the same old 2% of the actual vote. How quickly were those predictions forgotten?

Face it. UKIP has been on a long downhill run. It's not going to magically spring back to life.

28-08-2008, 02:56 PM	#12 (permalink)
indigo Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 108	I don't think the prediction of doubling the number of MEP's will backfire. After the elections, the party will be in meltdown anyway, so the issue of wrong predictions isn't going to matter at all. He could at least have made a slightly realistic optimistic prediction, like "We'll get 3% of the vote." This seems like the GLA all over again. Crazy predictions of soaring improvements on previous elections, coupled with a reality of the same old 2% of the actual vote. How quickly were those predictions forgotten? Face it. UKIP has been on a long downhill run. It's not going to magically spring back to life.