In yet another blow to Prime Minister David Cameron’s Tories, currently holding their annual party conference in Birmingham, Barnes claimed “it is UKIP that is speaking for the majority.” “There seems to be a detachment from ordinary people’s lives in the Westminster village. The parties just don’t seem to relate and talk the language of normal people.” Hoping to allay concerns among activists, party sources had claimed it was unlikely any more high-profile defections would occur in the near future. Deputy to London Mayor Boris Johnson between 2008 and 2012, and Tory leader in the London Assembly, the defection...
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