Nigel Farage forces Ukip into the political mainstream with a stunning haul of seats in the local elections There is nothing as frustrating and sad, as watching and listening to politicians burying their heads in the sand in the hope that an unpleasant situation will, somehow, pass them by. Yesterday, the two main news stations on television were in fierce competition parading politicians from the three traditional parties, in front of the camera to explain and in most cases dismiss, how it was that a political party which has no base in Westminster, has no well oiled organisation and was, until yesterday at least, derided as “clowns” and “fruitcakes”, could come from nowhere to claim 25% of the vote and gain more than 140 seats to hold 147 at the end of the day. Admittedly, the overall turnout was quite low at less than 40%, but never the less, 25% of the votes cast is a significant number of people. No matter what Gove, Hughes, Chuka Umunna, Cable, Harman, Cameron, Clegg...