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UKIP voters are more likely to lose friends than any other party supporters, according to a recent poll by YouGov.

The pollster asked 1,970 voters what they would think if a good friend of theirs became a supporter of UKIP, compared to other parties.

If UKIP fans want to keep friends, they should buddy up with Conservatives, only 13% of whom would stop being mates with a UKIP voter compared to Lib Dem voters (42%) and Labour (40%).

Labour is the least offensive party, according to the poll, closely followed by the Greens and then the Lib Dems.

Even Tories won’t lose too many friends, despite their apparent ‘nasty party’ reputation, with just 7% of people finding it hard to spend time with a Conservative buddy. UKIP is way in front, with nearly a quarter of those polled saying they’d stop being friends with a Farage fan.

But why? :(

UKIP may have such a bad rep due to its councillors’ history of making racist, sexist and homophobic remarks.

It could be socially embarrassing to hang out with a friend who makes remarks such as ‘lesbians baffle me’, ‘this room is full of sluts’ and argues that flooding is caused by gay people.

But there is an alternative explanation...

On a lighter note, the YouGov profiler (our current favourite toy) found that UKIP supporters don’t necessarily look like an ideal friend.

Just saying...

They also think the best movie ever is Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie and they just love a bit of suet pudding and ham salad. They also believe the world is being controlled by a ‘secretive elite’.

Do you want to share a suet pudding over repeated viewings of D'Movie, while hiding your thoughts from the mighty illuminati? Then it's UKIP all the way!

