Apart from attracting the obvious xenophobic voter have those that voted for UKIP looked into some of their other recent policies:
They want to abolish maternity leave in small firms.
They want to scrap the European employment right to paid holidays and breaks in the working day.
They believe those on permanent contracts should be paid less because they get greater employment protection.
They want to introduce a flat tax rate – a tax cut for the richest, a tax rise for everyone else.
They wan't to make it legal to possess handguns.
They want to bring back hunting.
Then you get some of their "serious" politicians saying these storms are God's revenge for allowing gay marriages in church