By Dr. Alexandre Afonso
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et us take a short trip Back to the Future. Step into The Doc’s tead, the Tories have chosen to form a coalition with the party DeLorean modified time machine, fasten your seat belt, greet that made a true electoral breakthrough: Nigel Farage’s UK IndeMarty McFly in the back seat, and set the destination to 2016 Bripendence Party. What kind of policies can we expect from such a tain. We accelerate to 88 miles per hour, and after a loud “bang,” it coalition, and would it be viable politically? Would UKIP and the only takes a few seconds to land after the next general election. Conservatives agree on issues such as welfare, pensions, taxation There are no flying skateboards, the weather is still miserable and and social benefits? the Royal Family is still reigning, In many ways, a Torybut we have a new government. “In Britain, UKIP is a serious electoral UKIP coalition in the future is Just like in the last 2010 election, contender, and its impact on government not completely science fiction. none of the two big parties manaUKIP – as well as a number of ged to gain a majority in the Compolicies can already be felt.” other Eurosceptic, antimons. Due to poor electoral straimmigration parties throughout Europe – is bound to make consitegies, Labour did not profit from David Cameron’s failures in derable advances in the upcoming elections for the European Pargovernment, and the Tories have come out of the elections with liament. A poll conducted in January by the Independent on Sunday the biggest number of seats once again. However, their former revealed that UKIP was the most favourably-regarded party in allies, the Liberal Democrats, have suffered a severe electoral setBritain with 27 percent of favourable opinions, even if voting inback, and no longer have enough seats to secure a majority. Ins-