Mark Pack

Westminster Conservatives switch to UKIP

By | Thu 30th October 2008 - 9:16 am

Dave Hill has the story:

The defection to Ukip of a bunch of ward-level Westminster Tories might not be front page news but is it part of a bigger story? It has surely taken a little shine off the party’s retention of Simon Milton’s former Council seat with only a small adverse swing. More significantly, it might indicate something more than a pocket of grassroots discontent over the party’s attitude to Europe.

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