The future of UKIP
How worried should the Conservatives be about UKIP? Nigel Farage's party, which wants Britain out of the European Union, is on a roll after finishing second in two recent by-elections and getting its best ever share of the vote in a parliamentary seat. Although polls show UKIP has been winning over voters from all three main parties, some Conservatives feel they've most to lose. Leala Padmanabhan has been to a marginal constituency in Lincolnshire where the Tory MP is feeling the heat from UKIP.
This report was broadcast on Sunday 9th December on BBC Radio 4's The Westminster Hour.
09 Dec 2012
- From the section UK Politics