Not exactly a safe seat for the FIFTH party though,not even a 3rd party but a 5th!!
Actually a 9% win coming from next to nothing is remarkable - speaking of third parties - there is actually a reasonable chance the leader of the Liberal Democrats (coalition partners with the Tories) will lose his seat in Sheffield.
I know, Pelosi sits in one of the safest Democrat seats in the country while there is no such thing as a safe UKIP seat, but my point is that a year ago Farage’s goal was to get himself elected PM, not to eke out a victory in his own district and lead a caucus of a measly six members. Dick Gephardt’s CD wasn’t safe for Democrats in 1998 or 2000, yet no one would have run a headline saying “Gephardt on Target to Win” if there was a poll showing Gephardt up by 9% but with Republicans poised to keep their House majorities.