[occamrzr06]

We will have to negotiate a bilateral treaty with the EU along the same lines that Switzerland does. Britain has more weft than Switzerland does, yet they do OK and they have more ftas than we do. Britain will eventually lose its individual influence anyway if it carries on down this path of ever closer union and she will be subsumed, and will have no more influence on the world stage than Texas.

Perhaps.

Still not sure what parts of the EU Britain will leave.From an American perspective, I see UKIP like the resurgent Republican party. Always telling us what is bad with the Democrats, but never actually changing any of the policies. It's like the same shell game.

I hope UKIP is different, but until we see it, it's the same game and the people are always the loser in the shell game.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Ukip is made up of people who genuinely believe in the cause they are fighting. The career politicians who like the taste of power are either Tories or Labour. Farage is also a big advocate of direct democracy, local rule and Swiss style referendums, as well as rights of recall for local electorates. He is a genuine agent of change and unlike the other parties, the whole party would implode if he didn’t follow through with most of it.