>already friendly
>pro union
>pro brexit
With UKIP getting utterly wiped out last night, this could be a way to bring the supporters back under a new setup. DUP will have huge leverage on brexit talks now already, why not get Nigel on board the train to help out?? Then DUP can have a mainland wing or something.
Could it work??
>>129256684
Are you a fucking retard? or just new to politics in general?
>>129256800
What incentive does DUP have to work with a now dead party?
>>129257001
>What incentive does DUP have to work with a now dead party?
because there are 4 million UKIP voters out there just throwing votes in all fucking directions now
>>129258165
This is a fair point. Re-brand of both DUP and UKIP can bring in lots more votes, in both NI and England. But its never going to happen.
>>129258165
Unless those 4 million live in norn Ireland, they're fucking worthless to the DUP.
>>129256684
UKIP should restructure itself as a regional party that goes all-in targeting places that are blue-collar conservative and pro-brexit like east england. Just like how DUP is for the norns and SNP is for the scots.
Also, their platform should expand to more than just "we want brexit". It should expand to be a populist nationalist party. Anti-intervention, anti-EU, anti-immigration, etc. Double down on these issues instead of PRcucking like UKIP used to do. And it doesn't matter if you piss off a bunch of libfags in london, because those aren't the constituencies you're going for.
>>129256684
No
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>>129256684
>should a party with 10 MPs merg with a party with 0 MPs and start doing negotiations without the other 640 MPs
>Should a party exclusively about Northern Ireland have a mainland wing
Is today the first time you have heard of the DUP?
>>129258165
Bad idea. DUP is a regional party. If try make it more than a regional party, that will actually just piss off the NI constituencies that support them. Think if SNP tried running canddiates in england and how much that would piss off the dumb scots.
Plus it's just not necessary. Have PUD push for nationalism in NI while UKIP rebrands as a dedicated english party that targets blue-collar conservative areas of England. And then they can work together to pull tories to the nationalist side of the spectrum in coalitions. Hell, eventually UKIP might take over more and more areas until it becomes a major overall party.
>>129258165
>because there are 4 million UKIP voters
doesnt mean anything if they have 0 seats you inbred.
The DUP are a meme of a party, look at the "cash4ash" scandal if you need proof.