Tory revenge on UKIP over groups - a pyrrhic victory ?

By accepting the Danish People's Party and the Finns Party (PS) into the fold of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament, the British Conservatives, leading the ECR, arguably exacted revenge on their national rival, the UK Independence Party (UKIP), for having beaten them comprehensively in the European elections last month. With 24 MEPs, UKIP now has the largest UK delegation in the EP - but, ironically, having now lost their former Danish and Finnish allies…