In summary, if UKIP moved their economic policy to the left, not too far to the left as I mentioned before, just away from the supply side tosh, they could become
a major electoral force and convert those 15 to 17 per cent poll numbers into actual votes on the ground.
Now, the Catholic Church of the 1980s was nothing like as potent a
force as it had been in the age of Cardinal Spellman, when it could count on the solid
electoral support of most of its faithful, and it already faced
major revolts over issues of gender and sexuality.