Nigel Farage in talks with Rupert Murdoch
Ukip leader has 'good chat' with News Corp boss about Tory MP Douglas Carswell's defectionNigel Farage has had a "good chat" with Rupert Murdoch about the defection of Tory MPs to the anti-EU party,...
View Article80s sitcom star among Tory councillors battling it out in Clacton primary
Actor Giles Watling and Sue Lissimore, who works at an electrical firm, go head to head in runup to byelectionThe Conservative party will select their candidate to take on defector Douglas Carswell in...
View ArticleConservatives select former 1980s television star to fight Ukip in Clacton
Giles Watling playing catch-up against Douglas Carswell, who was the town's MP before defecting from Tory ranks to UkipThe Conservatives election machine has finally swung into action in Clacton as the...
View ArticleEd Miliband comes under pressure to back Britain in/out referendum on EU
Polling for thinktank finds 45% of Labour supporters back EU membership poll against just 36% who oppose itEd Miliband is under increasing pressure to back an in/out referendum on Britains EU...
View ArticleNigel Farage: leading a modern peasants revolt against Westminster | Matthew...
Much like the 14th-century protest, Ukips strategy is anchored in grievances among working class BritonsThe destiny of political insurgencies is often shaped by specific events. While challenges to...
View ArticleTory whips issue threat to MPs tempted to join Nigel Farage and Ukip
Defectors will be condemned says party after Reckless is denounced as serial liarTory MPs are to be warned by the partys whips that they will face an assault on their personal integrity if they follow...
View ArticleDefector William Cash joined Ukip because of solar park threat to his moated...
Son of Conservative MP says his decision to join Nigel Farages party was partly motivated by threat of new development near his home and burden of tax on restoration classesThe son of a Conservative MP...
View ArticleTory conference diary: business as usual in the VIP room
Lynton Crosby partner seeks digital Obama man, while Tory escapee finds challenge in ex-sex worker Charlotte Rose Mark Textor, the pugnacious business partner of Tory election guru Lynton Crosby, was...
View ArticleClacton-on-Sea voters set to return first Ukip MP in byelection
Tory rearguard action unlikely to prevent defector Douglas Carswell from winning easily for Nigel Farages partyWaiting for her son outside an ice-cream parlour on Frinton-on-Seas high street, Sarah...
View ArticleGiles who? Boris Johnson forgets name of Tory candidate in Clacton byelection
London mayor fails to recall name of former Bread star Giles Watling, who is fighting Tory defector to Ukip Douglas CarswellBoris Johnson promised to fight Ukip on the beaches of Clacton but couldnt...
View ArticleClacton byelection: the main parties need to hear this roar of defiance |...
From Clacton to Strood, only Ukip seems to speak to voters who feel abandoned, patronised and ignoredA fortnight or so ago, as part of the campaign for this weeks Clacton byelection, Douglas Carswell...
View ArticlePolls open in Clacton and Heywood and Middleton byelections
Douglas Carswell expected to become Ukips first elected MP in Clacton as party looks set to surge into second in northern seatLive blog: Thursdays byelection developmentsVoting has begun in two...
View ArticleUkip wins Clacton byelection and first parliamentary seat video
Ukip has won its first elected seat in parliament with a big victory in the Clacton byelection by former Conservative MP Douglas Carswell, who took 60% of the vote in the Essex town. Ukip also gave...
View ArticleClacton byelection: Douglas Carswell wins Ukip's first parliamentary seat
Farage says his party can now reach into both Labour and Tory heartlands after electoral victory in ClactonUkips victory analysis and reaction with Andrew SparrowNigel Farage has delivered a...
View ArticleNigel Farage and Douglas Carswell hail Ukip byelection victory video
Douglas Carswell gives his reaction after winning Clacton for Ukip, while Nigel Farage hails the result in Heywood and Middleton, where Ukip came a close second to Labour. Former Conservative MP...
View ArticleCarswell hails Ukips 14th-century election guru, John Wycliffe
Rigtwing partys first MP, Douglas Carswell, invokes clerical revolutionary in his Clacton byelection victory speechThough his personal website modestly reminds readers that the Daily Telegraph named...
View ArticleDouglas Carswell fails to endorse plan by Farage for ban on migrants with HIV
Partys first elected MP, whose father helped identify Aids, says he will never seek to topple Ukip leaderTensions between Nigel Farage and Douglas Carswell were highlighted on Friday when the newly...
View ArticleDivisions between Nigel Farage and Douglas Carswell reinforced in Clacton
Ukips first elected MP declines to offer specific endorsement for the party leaders call for a ban on migrants with HIVWide-ranging policy and cultural differences between Nigel Farage and Douglas...
View ArticleUkips win and the implications for David Cameron and Ed Miliband |...
So, no great surprise about the result from Clacton (Ukips electoral breakthrough, 10 October). What has surprised me, however, has been the ease with which Messrs Carswell and Farage have been allowed...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on Thursdays byelections: plenty of rage, but not...
Ukip has tapped the same anti-Westminster rage as the yes campaign achieved in Scotland. Instead of pinching Farages policies, the main parties should take him onFrom Glasgow East, 2008, back to...
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