Scottish Independence Result Has Ukip Setting Its Sights On Holyrood

Ukip Has Big Plans In Scotland Now #IndyRef Is Over
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Ukip leader Nigel Farage and Ukip European election candidate David Coburn (left) attend a rally at the Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, where he boasted that he could snatch two seats in Scotland for the European Parliament as his party tries to make a breakthrough north of the border.
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Spurred on by Scots rejecting independence in yesterday's referendum, Ukip is aiming to break through into the Scottish Parliament as the party boasts that it is increasingly "accepted" by voters.

Speaking to the Huffington Post UK, Ukip MEP David Coburn, who became the party's first Scottish MEP in May's European Elections, said that the party could get as many as eight seats in Holyrood at the next Scottish Parliamentary elections in 2016 as "Ukip-philia has filtered north".

He also seized on the No campaign's victory in Scotland's referendum by taunting first minister Alex Salmond, by suggesting that his deputy, Nicola Sturgeon, would move to oust him as leader of the Scottish National Party, leading to an "enormous bloodbath".

"He threw everything at it, including the kitchen sink, and he failed. They [the SNP] tried bullying, harassment, threatening people, taking photographs of people at polling stations - pure gangsterism - and they still failed.

"They [the SNP] will be sharpening their dirks on the gallstones of their former friends and I'd put money on 'Lady Macbeth' Sturgeon going for him very shortly with a kitchen knife. They don't fight nice, they fight nasty.

He teasingly suggested that Salmond "didn't actually want independence", adding: "If he had got it, he'd have ended up with no currency and a country that was in a heck of a mess."

Although 54% of voters chose to stay in the United Kingdom, Coburn said that the SNP were "opportunists" who would still try to exploit the fact that 46% of the electorate voted Yes to "keep on harping away" about independence.

"A lot of people may have voted for independence but they did it because they were fed up with the establishment and professional politicians in Westminster and Holyrood."

Coburn mockingly described pro-independence campaigners as being "middle-class bourgeois crusties", arguing that his party appealed to the "working classes of Scotland".

"Ukip is very much accepted as part of the scenery in Scotland," he said. "I wonder around all the time and people come up, shake my hand and say I'm voting for you."

"We're on a roll up here. It's difficult, but the tectonic plates are shifting," he said, comparing to the political scene to the Wild West. "There's lots of room to manoeuvre," he added.

"You cannot expect to have cuts in England whilst Scotland is larging it up," he said. "There are people living in humongous largesse. It has to be fair. You have to recognise that there are people in England who are poor too who go to food banks."

Coburn denied that scrapping the Barnett Formula outright would result in a "massive" cut in public spending for Scots, arguing it would help tackle waste in the Scottish government.

"There is an awful lot of money squandered in Scotland and we all know what on. You ask people where's the money going and they'll tell you it's being wasted on lots of people with fat salaries."

The Ukip MEP distanced himself from Ukip's former Scottish party leader Christopher Monckton, who has repeatedly branded Scots "subsidy junkies".

Monckton, who was sacked by Farage as Ukip's president in Scotland, has once wrote that Scots were "subsidy junkies whingeing like a trampled bagpipe as they wait for their next fix of English taxpayers' money."

"The reason why he is no longer leader in Scotland is clear," Coburn said, branding his comments "Moncktonite nonsense".

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Anti-independence Better Together 'no' campaigners celebrate the Scottish independence referendum result following the Fife local authority declaration at the Royal Highland Center in Edinburgh, U.K., on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. Scotland voted to remain in the U.K. after an independence referendum that put the future of the 307-year-old union on a knife edge and risked years of political and financial turmoil. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Pro-Union supporters celebrate following referendum polling results at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland, on September 19, 2014. Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond on Friday conceded defeat in his party's campaign for independence from the rest of the United Kingdom, after all but one result from the historic referendum was declared. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:LEON NEAL via Getty Images)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Leader of the Better Together campaign, Alistair Darling, arrives to deliver a press conference at the campaign Headquarters at the Marriott Hotel on September 19, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. The majority of Scottish people have today voted ÂNo in the referendum and Scotland will remain within the historic union of countries that make up the United Kingdom. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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An anti-independence Better Together 'no' campaigner holds a union flag as he celebrates the Scottish independence referendum result following the Fife local authority declaration at the Royal Highland Center in Edinburgh, U.K., on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. Scotland voted to remain in the U.K. after an independence referendum that put the future of the 307-year-old union on a knife edge and risked years of political and financial turmoil. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Leader of the Better Together campaign, Alistair Darling, gives a press conference at the campaign Headquarters at the Marriott Hotel on September 19, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. The majority of Scottish people have today voted ÂNo in the referendum and Scotland will remain within the historic union of countries that make up the United Kingdom. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Leader of the Better Together campaign, Alistair Darling, speaks to the press at the campaign Headquarters at the Marriott Hotel on September 19, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. The majority of Scottish people have today voted ÂNo in the referendum and Scotland will remain within the historic union of countries that make up the United Kingdom. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Yes vote campaigners console themselves outside the Scottish Parliament building after the people of Scotland voted no to independence on September 19, 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The majority of Scottish people have today voted 'No' in the referendum and Scotland will remain within the historic union of countries that make up the United Kingdom. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (credit:Christopher Furlong via Getty Images)
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: A dejected Yes vote campaigner cries outside the Scottish Parliament building after the people of Scotland voted no to independence on September 19, 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The majority of Scottish people have today voted 'No' in the referendum and Scotland will remain within the historic union of countries that make up the United Kingdom. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (credit:Christopher Furlong via Getty Images)
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Yes vote campaigners console themselves outside the Scottish Parliament building after the people of Scotland voted no to independence on September 19, 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The majority of Scottish people have today voted 'No' in the referendum and Scotland will remain within the historic union of countries that make up the United Kingdom. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (credit:Christopher Furlong via Getty Images)
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Two dejected Yes vote campaigners look on after the result of the Scottish referendum on independence is announced at the count centre for the Scottish referendum at Ingleston Hall on September 19, 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The majority of Scottish people have today voted ÂNo in the referendum and Scotland will remain within the historic union of countries that make up the United Kingdom. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) (credit:Jeff J Mitchell via Getty Images)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: 'Better Together' supporters celebrate the result of the Scottish referendum on independence at the campaign Headquarters at the Marriott Hotel on September 19, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. The majority of Scottish people have today voted ÂNo in the referendum and Scotland will remain within the historic union of countries that make up the United Kingdom. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: 'Better Together' supporters celebrate the result of the Scottish referendum on independence at the count centre for the Scottish referendum at Ingleston Hall on September 19, 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The majority of Scottish people have today voted ÂNo in the referendum and Scotland will remain within the historic union of countries that make up the United Kingdom. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) (credit:Jeff J Mitchell via Getty Images)
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Pro-Union supporters celebrate as Scottish referendum polling results are announced at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland, on September 19, 2014. Scotland appeared set to reject independence on Friday with 23 out of 32 voting areas declared and the crucial Glasgow region having given its result. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:LEON NEAL via Getty Images)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Better Together supporters celebrate the referendum result at the campaign Headquarters at the Marriott Hotel on September 19, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. The majority of Scottish people have today voted ÂNo in the referendum and Scotland will remain within the historic union of countries that make up the United Kingdom. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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Pro-Union supporters celebrate as Scottish referendum polling results are announced at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland, on September 19, 2014. Scotland appeared set to reject independence on Friday with 23 out of 32 voting areas declared and the crucial Glasgow region having given its result. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:LEON NEAL via Getty Images)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Better Together supporters celebrate the result at the campaign Headquarters at the Marriott Hotel on September 19, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. The majority of Scottish people have today voted ÂNo in the referendum and Scotland will remain within the historic union of countries that make up the United Kingdom. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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Pro-Union supporters celebrate during a 'Better Together' event in Glasgow, Scotland, on September 19, 2014, as referendum results are announced. Scotland appeared set to reject independence on Friday with 23 out of 32 voting areas declared and the crucial Glasgow region having given its result. AFP PHOTO / ANDY BUCHANAN (Photo credit should read Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANDY BUCHANAN via Getty Images)
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A member of the Radical Independence Campaign cries as referendum results are announced at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland, on September 19, 2014. Scotland appeared set to reject independence on Friday with 23 out of 32 voting areas declared and the crucial Glasgow region having given its result. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:LEON NEAL via Getty Images)
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Pro-union supporters celebrate as Scottish independence referendum results are announced at a 'Better Together' event in Glasgow, Scotland, on September 19, 2014. Scotland appeared set to reject independence on Friday with 23 out of 32 voting areas declared and the crucial Glasgow region having given its result. AFP PHOTO / ANDY BUCHANAN (Photo credit should read Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANDY BUCHANAN via Getty Images)
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Pro-union supporters celebrate as Scottish independence referendum results are announced at a 'Better Together' event in Glasgow, Scotland, on September 19, 2014. Scotland appeared set to reject independence on Friday with 23 out of 32 voting areas declared and the crucial Glasgow region having given its result. AFP PHOTO / ANDY BUCHANAN (Photo credit should read Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANDY BUCHANAN via Getty Images)
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A member of an Independence movement (L) speaks with pro-union supporters at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland, on September 19, 2014. Scotland appeared set to reject independence on Friday with 23 out of 32 voting areas declared and the crucial Glasgow region having given its result. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:LEON NEAL via Getty Images)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Better Together campaigners celebrate poll results at a party on September 19, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. Polls have now closed in the Scottish referendum and the United Kingdom await the results of this historic vote. With a substantial turnout at the polling stations the vote is too close to call and the result is expected in the early hours of Friday morning (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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Pro-union supporters react as Scottish independence referendum results come in at a Better Together event in Glasgow on September 19, 2014. The question for voters at Scotland's more than 5,000 polling stations is 'Should Scotland be an independent country?' and they are asked to mark either 'Yes' or 'No'. The result is expected in the early hours of Friday. AFP PHOTO/ANDY BUCHANAN (Photo credit should read Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANDY BUCHANAN via Getty Images)
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Supporters of the No campaign react as Scottish independence referendum results come in at a Better Together event in the Marriot Hotel in Glasgow on September 19, 2014. The question for voters at Scotland's more than 5,000 polling stations is 'Should Scotland be an independent country?' and they are asked to mark either 'Yes' or 'No'. The result is expected in the early hours of Friday. AFP PHOTO/ANDY BUCHANAN (Photo credit should read Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANDY BUCHANAN via Getty Images)
Scottish Independence Referendum Vote Night(62 of69)
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An official counts ballot papers for the Scottish independence referendum at the Royal Highland Center in Edinburgh, U.K., on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. The pound climbed to a two-year high versus the euro and U.K. index futures rose with an opinion poll indicating the campaign for Scottish independence will be defeated. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Polls Have Now Closed And Scotland Awaits The Results Of This Historic Referendum(63 of69)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Supporters at a 'Yes' rally in George Square react on September 19, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. Polls have now closed in the Scottish referendum and the United Kingdom await the results of this historic vote. With a substantial turnout at the polling stations the vote is too close to call and the result is expected in the early hours of Friday morning. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Runnacles via Getty Images)
Polls Have Now Closed And Scotland Awaits The Results Of This Historic Referendum(64 of69)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Supporters at a 'Yes' rally in George Square react on September 19, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. Polls have now closed in the Scottish referendum and the United Kingdom await the results of this historic vote. With a substantial turnout at the polling stations the vote is too close to call and the result is expected in the early hours of Friday morning. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Runnacles via Getty Images)
Polls Have Now Closed And Scotland Awaits The Results Of This Historic Referendum(65 of69)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Supporters at a 'Yes' rally in George Square react on September 19, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. Polls have now closed in the Scottish referendum and the United Kingdom await the results of this historic vote. With a substantial turnout at the polling stations the vote is too close to call and the result is expected in the early hours of Friday morning. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Runnacles via Getty Images)
Polls Have Now Closed And Scotland Awaits The Results Of This Historic Referendum(66 of69)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Better Together campaigners celebrate early poll results at a party on September 19, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. Polls have now closed in the Scottish referendum and the United Kingdom await the results of this historic vote. With a substantial turnout at the polling stations the vote is too close to call and the result is expected in the early hours of Friday morning (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
Polls Have Now Closed And Scotland Awaits The Results Of This Historic Referendum(67 of69)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Supporters at a 'Yes' rally in George Square react on September 19, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. Polls have now closed in the Scottish referendum and the United Kingdom await the results of this historic vote. With a substantial turnout at the polling stations the vote is too close to call and the result is expected in the early hours of Friday morning. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Runnacles via Getty Images)
Polls Have Now Closed And Scotland Awaits The Results Of This Historic Referendum(68 of69)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Supporters attend the Better Together Referendum Night event wait for the results to come in on September 19, 2014 at the Marriott Hotel in Glasgow, Scotland. Polls have now closed in the Scottish referendum and the United Kingdom await the results of this historic vote. With a substantial turnout at the polling stations the vote is too close to call and the result is expected in the early hours of Friday morning. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Runnacles via Getty Images)
Polls Have Now Closed And Scotland Awaits The Results Of This Historic Referendum(69 of69)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Better Together campaigners celebrate the Clackmannanshire 'No' result at the Marriott Hotel Better Together Referendum Night event on September 19, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. Polls have now closed in the Scottish referendum and the United Kingdom await the results of this historic vote. With a substantial turnout at the polling stations the vote is too close to call and the result is expected in the early hours of Friday morning. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Runnacles via Getty Images)