UKIP

Unless there is a flood of Tory defectors to Ukip, Nigel Farage’s best hope is the long game

Don’t forget, the European team was formed because UK alone could not amass the talent to beat USA

And are two more Tories set to follow Douglas Carswell and defect to Ukip? That’s the buzz

Up to 100 Tory backbenchers ready to promise Brexit vote in order to stop Ukip taking their seats

David Cameron is determined not to have a pact – but will it prove the only way to stop Labour?

The lack of social mobility in Britain and the shock findings in Rotherham have something in common

Conservative MP Douglas Carswell joins Ukip, prompts by-election and calls for 'fundamental change in British politics’

Polling points up two problems for the Tories: Ukip vote stays solid and there's a big swing to Labour

Shadow chancellor's bid to bury party's tax-and-spend reputation alienates some MPs and union bosses

Tory optimists have been sustained by the belief that Ukip will fade: but polls suggest that won't happen

'You cannot expect to come to Britain and get something for nothing,' Prime Minister declares

Conservatives in buoyant mood: does Labour really look like an alternative government?

While Farage majors in hyperbole, he is not versed in the art of expectation management, poll suggests

Even his friends feel it was Blair's over-enthusiasm for a federal Europe that got us into this mess

QPR footballer Joey Barton apologises on Twitter for describing Ukip as the best of 'four really ugly girls'

UKIP leader 'drinks and smokes too much' and is virtually computer illiterate, according to his wife

National leaders struggle to square anti-EU sentiment with the need for a concerted response

Our political leaders, elected to provide wise counsel, are instead running around like headless chickens

Some crumbs of comfort for those who can't believe the French really admire the National Front

Ukip now a national player, Lib Dems suffer rout – and other key lessons from yesterday's elections

'You have to go back to 1980s to find an opposition making so few gains,' says polling expert

Ukip's social media campaign overrun with jokes after launching #WhyImVotingUkip hashtag

Latest figures make nonsense of Cameron's pledge to reduce net immigration to under 100,000 a year

Has France's Front National really changed? Or does Jean-Marie Le Pen speak for its members?

Upcoming vote will give people a chance to make their feelings clear about the EU and immigration

Labour leader walking on egg-shells as evidence mounts that Ukip IS attracting Labour voters

Ukip 'rising star' says party is 'exploiting the stupidity of ignorant anti-immigrant voters'

Ukip is stealing support and Ed is not impressing voters: will local elections tell a different story?

Cameron goes banging on about Europe while Labour regain their seven-point lead in the polls

A man with something to say on homosexuality and looters gets to stand where Farage chose not to

High school teachers said Nigel Farage's behaviour should prevent him being made a prefect

Nigel Farage might be on a roll – but his party is way behind in planning for this three-horse race

But just because the Ukip leader isn't standing doesn't mean his party won't give the Tories a scare

And Labour peer warns that Miliband will suffer too if he doesn't address working-class voters' concerns

Party suspends African-born builder for comments on Twitter against Muslims and Africans

Debate rages over Ukip’s anti-EU election posters: are they racist or do they tell the truth?