Michael Crick
What next for Nigel Farage and his growing Ukip gang?
The three main parties are in tatters after Ukip’s by-election win in Rochester – how far can the “protest vote” go?
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Farage: Ukip supports NHS ‘free at point of care’
Ukip leader Nigel Farage says Labour are ill-placed to criticse Ukip’s health policy having privatised NHS services through PFI contracts.
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FactCheck: confused about immigration? Read this
Do immigrants pay their way, or are they a drain on the economy? FactCheck looks at the latest evidence.
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Michael Crick
Labour’s by-election – but all three main parties are in despair
Labour has won the South Yorkshire crime commissioner by-election – but all three main parties are gloomy about their general election prospects.
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Gary Gibbon
Tories to rush arrest warrant vote for fear of worse
The government’s decided to bring forward the planned date for the vote on when it tries to re-join European Arrest Warrant.
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Michael Crick
Our whole relationship with Europe is now at stake
I hate journalistic hype and exaggeration but could the EU’s sudden demand for Britain to pay an extra £1.7bn be a possible turning point in our political history?
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FactCheck: the truth about immigration
Immigration will be a key battleground in the run-up to the election. How much do you really know?
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The Mogg – a ‘pale ale Nigel Farage’ – in Germany
Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg visits Oktoberfest “to see whether drinking beer fuels Euroscepticism”. A German in national dress says he looks weird in his tweed jacket. Will there be a meeting of minds?
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Michael Crick
Does Tory primary in Rochester breach spirit of legal spending limits?
The Conservatives are splashing tens of thousands on a ‘primary’ in Rochester. Good for democracy, or a wheeze for getting around spending rules?
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Gary Gibbon
Farage invited to TV debate
Deep down, the Tories worry Nigel Farage would sweep up support as he did in the Clegg/Farage debates in the European election.
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Farage invited to join other party leaders in TV debate
Ukip leader Nigel Farage could appear alongside David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg in a pre-election TV debate. Will he be able to sway young voters?
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Michael Crick
Ukip’s breakthrough night in Clacton
Former Conservative MP Douglas Carswell captures Ukip’s first parliamentary seat and marks an extraordinary breakthrough for Nigel Farage and his party.
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Ukip’s long climb up the greasy pole – graphic
In 1994, Ukip fought its first parliamentary by-election, with Nigel Farage just beating the Monster Raving Loony party. Twenty years later, it has won its first seat at Westminster.
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What do young people think of Ukip?
Ukip has won its first by-election at the Conservatives’ expense and finished just behind Labour in another parliamentary seat. So is it a case of onwards and upwards for Nigel Farage’s party?
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Carswell calls for ‘passion tempered by compassion’
“If we speak with passion, let it always be tempered by compassion” – Douglas Carswell’s words to the electorate of Clacton-on-Sea after Ukip’s by-election victory.
