Former Ukip MEP Amjad Bashir says racism allegations against the party “on a daily basis” began to concern him, after defecting to the Conservative Party today. He denies having “extremist” ties.
Ukip leader Nigel Farage exclusively tells Channel 4 News that he had possibly been “too soft” in not suspending Amjad Bashir earlier, who defected to the Conservative Party amid suspension claims.
Why the polls got their results wrong is not clear. It may be some people are unwilling to admit they are going to vote Conservative, or feel they ought to say they will vote Labour.
Cathy Newman
When the Greens lambast “austerity and welfare cuts” and bang on about “privatisation of essential services”, it’s traditional Labour voters who may well be sitting up and listening.
As the row over the general election debates puts it in the political spotlight, the Green Party gains more than 2,000 new members in the last day alone, overtaking both Ukip and LibDems.
I would drag these guys kicking and screaming into a public debate. I would make the presenters the bad-est ass inquisitors in Britain.
Conservative MP, Mark Field, tells Channel 4 News that half of his colleagues think the BBC are biased against his party. Lib Dem MP, Lorely Burt, says she agrees with Nigel Farage on TV debates.
Ukip leader Nigel Farage faces a new opponent in Thanet South where the comedian Al Murray says he will stand in the general election in the guise of his comic character The Pub Landlord.
Ofcom says Ukip could be classed as a “major party” ahead of the general election – but the Greens will miss out. Is that fair?
Gary Gibbon
David Cameron thinks if he’s having to put up with Nigel Farage pulling away votes from him in a debate, Labour should have to put up with the Greens stealing votes off them too.
Ukip leader Nigel Farage tells Channel 4 News that the attack on a French satirical magazine that killed 12, is the result of a “fifth column… holding our passports, that hate us.”
Political pundits are struggling to read a radically reshaped voter landscape, as the two-party system appears to be heading for its final demise. So who has the edge on general election prediction?
The populist left has begun from a recognition that – in the highly marketised, globalised and granular economy of the past 25 years – social justice begins small and from below.
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Roger Bird wanted to keep his job, but concluded that the allegations and subsequent inquiry left him in an impossible position.