UKIP on the up? The future looks set to play into their hands, it’s just a matter of grabbing it

Despite the sudden – though hardly unprecedented – resignation of their long-serving leader, it is hard to deny that UKIP is having a productive year. And it might be about to get even better, argues Ben Margulies. From Labour’s struggle with working class voters to the wrangling over Article 50, it’s all ammunition for the populist party. Now the question is whether they can capitalize on it.