If people voted for policies, the Green Party would win the next election http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/if-people-voted-for-policies-the-green-party-would-win-the-next-election-9887199.html

If people voted for policies, the Green Party would win the next election 

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/if-people-voted-for-policies-the-green-party-would-win-the-next-election-9887199.html

Following the Rochester by-election we find ourselves in a political landscape where Ukip are becoming more and more popular. The latest opinion polls give them 15-18 per cent of the vote, putting them third, ahead of the Lib Dems.

But how much of this is about media exposure, protest votes and right wing dissatisfaction with the Tories, and how much is actually about their policies? What if we could see a poll based solely on policies? Who would be winning that, and where would Ukip come?
Well it just so happens we can, and the results, taken from nearly half a million people, are enlightening to say the least.
They go like this – Green Party 26.35 per cent, Labour 20.12 per cent, Lib Dems 17 per cent, Conservatives 14 per cent, UKIP 12 per cent, BNP 10 per cent. That’s the Greens up from fifth to first, the Conservatives down from second to fourth and Ukip bringing up the rear with the BNP.

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