Puts UKIP at a crossroads they probably only dreamed of getting to by now. Going for an influential number of MPs in May will be expensive, hard and not without risk but to try to remain just a significant protest vote party will IMHO be the road to oblivion. They may never get another opportunity like the one Juncker, Merkel, Hollande and Millipede are offering them right now.
A fascinating few months beckon