Well it looks like you are right - certainly in the short term there hasn't been any negative media treatment over it.
The sticking point will be whether the policy is too close to the BNP, thus making it harder for UKIP to defend against the "BNP-lite" or "BNP in blazers" criticisms in the future. There are many occasions when the two parties get lumped together and in the past this has always been unfair. Now that is going to be harder to argue against.
While the policy itself may appeal to voters, that good will could be undone if people perceive voting UKIP with being xenophobic or racist - labels that very few people would be happy to associate with themselves.


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