Exit Ukip stage right as Tories build formidable Brexit coalition | Robert Ford

A bad night for Labour and the Lib Dems appears to herald general election triumph for Theresa May. But her wider support could yet prove fragileUkip’s rise took the headlines four years ago, when most of the seats decided on Thursday were last up for election. Now the big story is the party’s collapse.In 2013, Nigel Farage marched his Eurosceptic rebels up the high streets of England’s home counties, returning a large crop of local councillors in purple colours for the first t