The Rochester by-election highlights a pervasive ‘anti-politics’ mood in the UK

摘要

The result in the Rochester and Strood by-election makes clear that many are looking to Westminster and ventingudtheir dissatisfaction with what they perceive to be a distant, unresponsive and dishonest political class. The angerudunderpinning UKIP support is a product of the particular performance of the governing and opposition parties’ inudthe current economic climate as well as the perceived failings with mainstream politics more generally, argueudNicholas Allen and Sarah Birch.