Defeat of the People’s Army?: the 2015 British general election and the UK Independence Party (UKIP)

@article{Cutts2017DefeatOT,
  title={Defeat of the People’s Army?: the 2015 British general election and the UK Independence Party (UKIP)},
  author={David Cutts and Matthew J. Goodwin and Caitlin Milazzo},
  journal={Electoral Studies},
  year={2017},
  volume={48},
  pages={70-83}
}
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