‘I’m not threatened by UKIP!’ says Tory MP
He spoke out after a story was published on this website last week about the defection of Tory MP for Clacton Douglas Carswell to UKIP, sparking a by-election.
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Hide AdBut current Tory MP for the constituency David Gauke said: “I am disappointed that Douglas has defected to UKIP.
“The point I would make to him and anyone else thinking of voting UKIP is that the only way to deliver a referendum on EU membership is to elect a Conservative government in 2015.
“Voting for anyone else is counterproductive and I think most people in South West Hertfordshire will recognise that.”