> Of *course* it is. How could it be otherwise? What other small party of
> only three years old has established a raft of councillors, parliamentary
> representation and serious challenges to other parliamentary
> constituencies? This is only an electoral success, but it is one that
> hasn't been repeated at least since 1945.
That's pretty pathetic. I imagine that just about any small party in a parliamentary system can get a few people elected if they have name recognition.
In any case, electoral politics is a dead end and waste of time, but everybody here knows my position on that subject. ;-)
Chuck