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I think they might be able to work together better at a grassroots level where there's probably quite a lot of overlap in the support bases with the old school small c conservatives. Nationally though I can't see it, the Tory leadership have done a lot to try and portray an image of progressive conservatism with UKIP would destroy, and there's still a lot of animosity no doubt between party leaders. I think a lot of Conservative cabinet members would be very averse to the prospect of uniting with UKIP, particularly the more moderate Tories like Ken Clarke. The thing with UKIP as well is that a lot of their policies are hard line enough that I don't think they'd be willing to compromise on them and I don't think they'd be able to reconcile themselves with the Conservative leadership