Not so much "earthquake" as political tremor

WITH the majority of councils declared a clearer picture has emerged about the new political landscape of Britain
Social media site Twitter was buzzing through the day with news that the United Kingdom Independence Party had made gains in its number of seats across the country. Some news outlets have claimed that UKIP's success has been an "earthquake" in British politics.
Despite the hype however the party's performance has not been the triumph which it has been claimed. While UKIP leader Nigel Farage has been reported as saying that "British politics will never be the same," and are "serious players", the party has failed to take overall control of any of the councils announced. In terms of percentage of the national share of the vote it is also likely to see some sobering news, with projected figures lower than the 23 percentage it achieved in council elections last year.
It had gained 134 seats, at time of writing, to give it an overall total of 155, however, this is still someway behind the clear winners Labour which gained 298 seats giving it 1870.
UKIP's gains may have harmed the Conservative position as they saw 134 seats move away from them, leaving them with 1194. It was Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrat party which suffered the greatest defeat of the day, losing control of 237 seats.
@Otto_English tweeted: "1200 seats declared so far and UKIP have won just over 80. Political earthquake? More like a passing bus. #Elections2014"
Meanwhile supporters of the Green Party, which gained 15 seats, bringing it up to 51, have accused the media of "pandering" to UKIP and ignoring its status as a "national party".
@psyeclipse: "BBC blatantly ignoring Green Party (even though we've just made gains in Bristol). All UKIP. All facism."

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