Sun poll suggests Ukip won’t get shock result in Heywood and Middleton
The first opinion in the Heywood and Middleton by-election suggests that Labour are comfortably on course to retake the seat.
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On Thursday the seaside town of Clacton could make history for UKIP by voting in the party’s first elected Westminster MP. Political Correspondent Michael Crick went to dip his toes in the water.
The first opinion in the Heywood and Middleton by-election suggests that Labour are comfortably on course to retake the seat.
After two big defections this week, speculation grew that Ukip would reveal another – but instead unveiled a former Conservative party donor, who’s giving them £1m.
Despite George Osborne’s speech, the talk of the Tory party conference is still dominated by defections. Boris Johnson said any Conservatives thinking of joining Ukip’s ranks would be “utterly nuts”.
Speaking at the Tory party conference, Culture Secretary Sajid Javid tells Channel 4 News that having a pact with Ukip “would be the wrong course of action … we dont need a pact with any party”.
Nigel Farage is against UK air strikes in Iraq – but his deputy chair supports them. This illustrates several things about Ukip.
Speaking at the 2014 Ukip conference, Nigel Farage says “open-door immigration” will dominate next year’s general election. “The figures are getting higher and higher.”
With possible by-election gains off Labour as well as the Conservatives in October, I am starting to think Ukip could end up with a vote above 10 per cent in the general election.
“I won’t be lonely” says Ukip’s new poster boy, Tory defector Douglas Carswell, as he reveals he’s been sent many supportive messages from former colleagues.
Ukip donor Stuart Wheeler admits to having had lunch with eight Tory MPs, one of whom – Douglas Carswell – has just joined Ukip. He tells Matt Frei Mr Carswell was very brave to defect.
The defection of MP Douglas Carswell from the Conservatives to Ukip means all anyone wants to know now is whether Nigel Farage has any more rabbits in his hat.
Senior Tories were thrilled to see Ukip disappearing from the media not long after the European Elections – but a by-election circus in Essex gives them another sustained burst of publicity.
Conservative Party MP Douglas Carswell resigns as an MP and defects to Ukip, saying principles are more important than political careers. David Cameron describes his departure as “deeply regrettable”.
It emerges that the Ukip leader has earmarked a seat to launch him into parliament. He contested South Thanet in Kent in 2005 and he now looks likely to return there next May.
Sanya-Jeet Thandi, 21, who quit Ukip claiming it had “descended into a form of racist populism” visits Gravesend in Kent to find out how she ended up out of step with her former party.