thanks tom that's a much better summary than the previous one one question in the comparison of ukip's performance to that of other parties i think saying that the snp polled less than ukip could be misleading for non uk readers if i didn't know that the snp only stood candidates in scotland i'd get the impression from the current text that ukip did much better than the snp on average but knowing that ukip put up candidates across the country while the snp didn't gives quite a different impression since of course the snp polled much better than ukip everywhere it put up candidates so for the benefit of non uk readers in the section comparing ukip's performance to that of the lib dems and snp perhaps it might be helpful to add ahead of the scottish national party who only contested seats in scotland i won't make that addition unless you approve though oh one more thing do we have a quote from a ukip official or ukip press release on the official reaction to the election result or a link to an article about it it would be interesting for readers to see what 'spin' the party put on what might otherwise be regarded as quite a disappointing result for them