Right-wing Twitter-botherers UKIP have won a seat in Clacton. Douglas Carswell, who recently defected from the Tories, became the party’s first elected MP. Unsurprisingly, not everyone was happy. Here’s what Twitter thought…

It’s just one mp. They will influence nothing and nothing they will on a parliament level will actually matter. Calm down. #ukip

— Saif A. (@MrSeras) October 10, 2014

People who think the Tories arent rightwing enough have a viable alternative with UKIP. People who think Labour arent socialist enough dont. — Just Some Fella (@EddyRhead) October 10, 2014

Anyways coming from a big UKIP target seat it's quite funny looking at the analysis from ppl who've probably never spoken to a UKIP voter

— Hamas Rodríguez (@seancourt) October 10, 2014

36% turnout: UKIP need to stop being portrayed as a punchline, but instead as horrible entity that people need to turn out and vote against.

— #Cutteridge (@JamieCutteridge) October 10, 2014

Now that UKIP has the same number of MPs as the Green Party, perhaps they’ll be ignore by the media?

— Graham Savage (@grahamsavage) October 10, 2014

BREAKING: Generalised screening for UKIP tendencies introduced at all major ports. — fleetstreetfox (@fleetstreetfox) October 10, 2014

One big reason why #UKIP are doing better than the #Greens, for example, is UKIP is being bankrolled by billionaire £ while Greens are not

— Tom London (@TomLondon6) October 10, 2014

Why is #UKIP‘s one MP considered an earthquake while the @TheGreenParty‘s one MP is treated as a footnote? — GeorgeMonbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) October 10, 2014

A ukip MP is now a realty, but listening to people who voted for him they don’t have a bloody clue what ukip really stand for at all.

— DBC (@DaddyBearCub) October 10, 2014

That bloke who won UKIP 100% wets the bed — Thelonious Armstrong (@tomdisco) October 10, 2014