Gary Gibbon
Ukip flashing red lights in the Tory and Labour cockpits
The problem for Labour and the Conservatives is that a lot of Ukip voters don’t see much difference between their leaders.
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Gary Gibbon
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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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‘Ukip holding the balance of power would be a catastrophe’
Shadow home secretary Yvette Copper and former cabinet minister Ken Clarke discuss the success of Ukip in Thursdays by-elections.
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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.
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Heywood by-election win poses more questions for Labour
Labour held on to the seat of Heywood and Middleton – but its majority was reduced to 617, prompting more questions about the leadership of Ed Miliband.
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Farage: Ukip result ‘beyond my wildest dreams’
Ukip leader Nigel Farage tells Channel 4 News that the by-election result in Heywood and Middleton – where Ukip finished just behind Labour – was extraordinary. “We didnt quite get over the line.”
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Gary Gibbon
Clegg attacks ‘un-British’ grievance politics
Nick Clegg revealed that George Osborne, when he refused to implement a bigger tax threshold leap in the 2012 budget, said: “I don’t want to deliver a Lib Dem budget.”
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Cathy Newman
Why Ukip has a problem with women
While the Ukip leader Nigel Farage has rightly said he won’t “pretend” to win over women voters, he should perhaps search a little harder for his inner feminist.
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Michael Crick
Why isn’t Labour going for Rochester?
By playing it low-key in various by-elections, Labour could be in danger of feeding the Ukip beast, only to find the creature turns round later and bites them too.
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FactCheck: is the voting system rigged in favour of Labour?
Britain’s strange electoral system means the second most popular party can still win a general election.
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Clacton: about to make political history for Ukip?
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.
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Michael Crick
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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Ukip reveal ex-Tory donor – but how wide is their appeal?
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.
