Well, youâre at odds with most political commentators.
I personally think that view is absurd given the recent Tommy Robinson associations and the slide toward outright Islamophobia in what remains of UKIP.
The Brexit Party wonât need to do any of that shit. The two main parties have given them all the campaigning material they need.
My odds of being correct have just shot up thenđ
Use ukip as the worse example and no one looks at them. Doesnât change who they are.
One party and certain elements in the other.
As usual Brits worried only about their small corner (as shown by this thread)

Meanwhile, the problem of right wing & Nationalism continues to grow across Europe
BBC News - European elections a moment of truth for nationalists
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Some worrying percentages in these surveys/polls
Across Europe, three-quarters of voters think politics is broken at either the national or EU level or both. In France only 15% think the political system works well.
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Iâve repeatedly referred to these elections as an EU-wide referendum on the EU.
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Iâd rather have a wank.
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National interest will always come before a European wide project, immigration is the prime example of the day.
Because the political elite are deemed out of touch with the needs/wants/problems of the proletariat.
Which is kind of stated in the article and supported by the facts of the opinion poll research.
but but weâre always told that the political elite know what is best for us and, once we vote them in, we should leave the decision making to them 

Exactly so people are so sick of politicians (expenses scandal it really started for us) that they donât care now, scorched earth policy it is, capitalism hasnât helped them or worked for them, good luck to them, the generation now in their late 50âs is the last of the golden generation, cheap housing, pensions and education.
Its obvious people are going to take advantage of that and use it as fuel on the fire, let the whole rotten pile fall down, sure it will be replaced by another rotten pile but at least Rome will fall for a day.
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Problem with âdemocracyâ init⊠generates career politicians who play the system to their advantage and generate short termist 'solutions and policy⊠longer term infrastructure and real deeper review of services in real need of change such as the NHS, are sacrificed on the alter of electoral rhetoric⊠ALL parties do the same, irrespective of policy⊠and folks naturally become disillusioned with the whole system, especially after periods of economic turmoil, which leads to austerity and so thus even more right wing and authoritarian governments - its cyclical, same happened in the 1930sâŠ
This is why I find the whole flippant attitude towards an imperfect EU rather dangerous. There are countless examples where the moment the system reins on integration are removed in response to populist trends, that things turn to shit⊠even when previously held together with fragile or in some cases dictators, there has been at least a more stable climate.
The EU is taking a beating now because its an easy target when there are national issues and problems as a result of 10 years of austerity - as if not being in the EU would have isolated members from the global banking crisis - Because the EU is far from perfect and full of many of the same elite, it probably deserves the kicking its getting, but to believe its disappearence will be a good thing for all countries as they struggle with their right wing demons and the usual shit that goes with nationalism, is naive.
As they say, be careful what you wish forâŠ
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Yeah, because Macronâs brand of Europhile centrism seems just the ticket 
Be careful what you wish for indeed.
And on this note. Goodnight 
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Well, itâs crunch week. As of this moment I donât know who or what Iâm voting for. Iâd feel within my rights to vote for the Brexit Party. Their single policy, to exit the European Union on WTO terms, is appealing to me, and I suspect will attract a lot of voters after three years of limbo.
Even so, that will be very much a case of short term nose-holding to secure an outcome. If the outcome youâre seeking is getting Brexit implemented, you need the big parties to listen, something theyâre not doing at present.
The other option for me is spoiling the ballot. I canât really vote for Labourâs pro-Europe slate of candidates, wonât vote for any of the rabidly pro-Remain crowd, and no-one is going to be voting for the Conservatives, even Conservatives.
Regardless of what ends up happening with my ballot paper, I am predicting that the Brexit Party is going to take more than 40% of the vote.
In Hampshire this weekend⊠Iâve only seen these out and about. Usually the place is rammed with Tory posters.
Interesting to say the least
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