Sentences with phrase «ukip held the balance of power»
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He even went so far as to predict that Ukip could hold the balance of power at the general election next year.
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Meanwhile, smaller parties such as the Greens, the Liberal Democrats, the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and the Scottish National Party (SNP) could hold the balance of power in a hung parliament after May 2015.
«My ambition would be that Ukip in the next Westminster parliament holds the balance of power, as the Lib Dems did in the last parliament of 2010.»
Nick Clegg warns voters they face a choice between the Lib Dems, the SNP and UKIP over who holds the balance of power.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has told the BBC that if his party can maintain the momentum from the Clacton by - election his party could «hold the balance of power» at the next general election.
A recent YouGov poll indicated that more voters (37 %) would prefer the Liberal Democrats to UKIP (26 %) or the SNP (17 %) to hold the balance of power in a hung parliament.
Ukip could hold the balance of power in the next Parliament, Nigel Farage has claimed following the party's Clacton by - election win.