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@Oliver Schick
What I find interesting about all this is how under FPTP the two main parties still (or, indeed, again, with Corbyn's Labour) have genuine and strong differences--unlike the perception of the CDU and SPD under the Grand Coalition in Germany or, indeed, the main parties in the last few years of the Weimar Republic. There, the perceived lack of distinction between the 'centrist' parties has led to a much-reduced share of the vote for said parties and a much-increased vote for the Greens and the AfD. It is to be expected that this move to the 'centre' (which everybody always tries to define in their way, and it has probably lurched a little to the right again) will lead to a resurgence of the (more) extreme right, probably under Farage, whereas I don't think it's going to affect the Labour vote that much.
I don't think there will be a general election any time soon--I'm still convinced that the Tories won't call one unless they've done the Boundary Review, and the 'Independent Group' would just be wiped out again immediately before they've organised themselves properly. I think it would be good to have a general election, though, so I hope I'm wrong (again).