Well, unless you lived in Bristol or Chesterfield you wouldn't have had the chance to vote for him. He was a character who developed- from his post-War idealistic days, his renunciation of his peerage, the fliration with technocracy, to the last Republican- a wonderful and almost 17th century career.

UKIP would be better described as "appealing to racist elements who haven't got the bottle to come out", but I think they also appeal to non- racist, right wing, protesters (whingers?) as somewhere else to park the vote. They aren't hardcore like the BNP.