These lost voters will certainly shape UK politics by their switches.
While UK politics has been dominated by the deficit these past four months, the crisis in the monetary union has not gone away.
That environmental issues were very prominent in UK politics at the time should also be added to this list.
This is actually a disaster of UK national politics.
UK politics won't change while the current parties rule the roost.
For elections we take raw numbers and map them to explain the bigger picture in UK politics.
With all due respect, Blair left UK politics 5 years ago this year.
Not just in the coverage of UK politics, either.
Ashcroft should either participate in UK politics by being a full taxpayer or he should go away.
To fit into UK politics, we'd need a fair voting system.