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Elsewhere, Flo Lewis has two big priorities: an increased confrontation of LBGT issues, not least the fact that homosexual men – regardless of their relationship status – have to stay celibate for 12 months before giving blood. She also wants to see Nuttall pushing for proportional representation; an understandable wish when you consider UKIP garnered one seat in parliament for 12.6 percent of the vote, compared with the likes of the Scottish National Party, which gathered 56 for just 7.5 percent.Away from Nuttall, in the age of Trump, the UK's strongest political link to the US lies in Nigel Farage, the UKIP leader's predecessor and arguably the most divisive human being on these shores. So what's next for the second most popular politician in South Thanet?"The whole of the British establishment were incredibly snooty towards Donald Trump," says Mckenzie. "Nigel, an anti-establishment figure himself, was one of the few that supported him. This means he now shares a bond, not only in a political sense, but also on a deep personal level with the most powerful man in the US and arguably the world."Right. Time for another cold shower.@GobshoutMore on VICE:How Immigrants Are Leading the Fight for British Workers' Rights and PayI Spent a Week in Richmond Watching Zac Goldsmith's By-Election Face Plant'Farage Slithered in' – UKIP's Founder Talks About the Early Days of the PartyREAD: Exploring the New 'Special Relationship': the Unholy Bond Between Trump and Farage