UK Independence Party wins first ever seat in Parliament [pics]

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The United Kingdom Independence Party appears to have won it’s first seat in Parliament. The UKIP candidate Douglas Carswell has won in a landslide.

VIDEO: Carswell becomes first elected UKIP MP http://t.co/DVrH7SoSfV

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) October 10, 2014

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) October 10, 2014

Friday's @thetimes #Clacton by-election special edition: The history man: Ukip win gives party first MP pic.twitter.com/tJJNRi8t9V

— David Jack (@DJack_Journo) October 10, 2014

It may be 2.45 in the morning, but if you can't crack open a beer now, then when? The dam has burst. #UKIP #clacton pic.twitter.com/rNUb7CFQYb

— Gary Conway (@gazcon) October 10, 2014

— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) October 10, 2014

This is what a UKIP landslide looks like: pic.twitter.com/RN4Un9Bblr

— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) October 10, 2014

Tory defector wins first parliamentary seat for UKIP; party almost defeats 2 Labour MPs http://t.co/koW0ReFuVc

— Mark Krikorian (@MarkSKrikorian) October 10, 2014

Bigotry & racism win over in #Clacton. Well done you guys! You wanted to put your town on the map? You have done! For all the wrong reasons.

— John Burrows (@johnburrows91) October 9, 2014

UKIP a threat to both parties now. http://t.co/yuqxrjHBFP Strategy of smearing UKIP as racist and bonkers was a *colossal* strategic error.

— Milo Yiannopoulos (@Nero) October 10, 2014

@Nero ssssh don't tell them that

— John 'Hudson' Smiley (@LeicsFox) October 10, 2014

The beginning of the end of the EU may have started in this ing town by the sea. http://t.co/Grdx9FEX3L pic.twitter.com/WBhsk0owsx

— Joseph Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) October 10, 2014

#UKIP Wins First Westminster Seat with Landslide Carswell Victory http://t.co/aBXrDF7wAY via @BreitbartNews #excellent

— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) October 10, 2014

Gotta say, re: the UKIP win, I like the way the Brits gather all candidates on stage and read the results. Just feels right.

— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) October 10, 2014

Know what else feels right? Oliver Willis doesn’t like it.

god, ukip actually won a seat in uk parliament? elizabeth, time to nip this democracy crap in the bud. nip it.

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 10, 2014

He’ll probably be saying the same thing to Obama after the mid-terms. Maybe before.

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