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February 21st, 2014

HotSeat: UKIP and the European Elections

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February 21st, 2014

HotSeat: UKIP and the European Elections

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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

Dr Maja Kluger Rasmussen, LSE Fellow in Public Policy and Administration, took to the Hotseat recently to talk about UKIP and the European Elections.

Speaking to presenter Martin Rogers, Dr Rasmussen discussed the party’s prospects in the upcoming European Parliament elections, and the challenges faced by the party in future:

“The main challenge after the European Parliament election in May is that UKIP are likely to get a lot of votes because the [elections] are seen as protest votes, so they are likely to get people voting for them who do not usually vote UKIP. Their main challenge is then to try to hold on to these voters for the 2015 general election. If they do manage to hold on to these voters you could imagine that UKIP could get a seat in [the] British Parliament.”

Dr Rasmussen gave this interview in response to Nigel Farage’s recent visit to the LSE in January. The talk delivered by Farage, entitled These European Elections Matter, is available to watch online.

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