Posted on 10/09/2014 8:00:49 PM PDT by goldstategop
n his acceptance speech Mr Carswell, who gained 21,113 votes (59.75%) on a 44% swing from the Conservatives, said: "I resigned from parliament to face this election because I answer first, foremost and last to you. You are my boss. I will not let you down.
"To my new party I offer these thoughts: humility when we win, modesty when we are proved right. If we speak with passion, let it always be tempered by compassion.
"We must be a party for all Britain and all Britons: first and second generation as much as every other. Our strength must lie in our breadth.
"If we stay true to that there is nothing that we cannot achieve. Nothing we cannot achieve in Essex and East Anglia, in England and the whole country beyond."
He condemned the other Westminster parties for operating "cosy cartel politics". His party leader, Nigel Farage, said: "Congratulations Douglas Carswell, a brave and honourable man who has a just reward."
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Its only been a month or so. Election campaigns have to be at least three weeks long in the UK.
He isn’t the first fourth party candidate to win a seat, there have always been other parties like Plaid Cymru, SNP, the Northern Irish MPs and Brighton (notoriously liberal and the UK equivalent of San Fransisco) elected a Green candidate at the 2010 general election.
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