Anything that gets those who wish to form a government to wake up and not be complacent isn't a bad thing.

Cameron is right not to dismiss them out of hand any more. A lot of voters would think he is dismissing their opinion.

As to whether they could actually be a party of government or even coalition? Their ideas and promises will get a bit of scrutiny from now on. Rightly so.

When people are confronted with more than their charismatic leader, they might notice a few things.

Abolish inheritance tax. Reduce taxes for high earners. Form barriers to 70% of our overseas trade. Abolish smoking in public places restrictions. Renage on public borrowing loans. Restrict liberties for gay people.

I love irony so seeing him on the telly last night with a cigarette in his hand preaching about The NHS. You couldn't make it up. So he did. Said that average A&E wait in Boston was 9 hours. So I checked, considering The CQC has lifted its compliance actions there recently. They are meeting their 4 hour target. Sure, that could and should be better and the measure is crude. But his source can only be the same statistics. ..

Falls at the first hurdle. Also, this was predominantly Tory territory other than the ones where Labour gained anyway.

Good idea to wake up real politicians but no alternative on view.