UKIP leader Nigel Farage has made a dramatic offer to form an election pact with the Tories – but only if they dump David Cameron as leader. Buoyed by big gains in Thursday’s town hall elections, Farage last night said he is ready to join forces with the Conservatives to keep Ed Miliband out of power. Senior Tory sources flatly dismissed Farage’s call for Cameron to step down, but significantly did not rule out talks with UKIP on how they might work together. In his first major interview since winning 147 council seats, Mr Farage told The Mail on Sunday:
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Said MPs should stand for both parties, but only if PM quits
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He savages 'socialist' Cameron and promises immediate EU poll
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MP Adam Afriyie told the PM to stop 'pussyfooting around' over immigration
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UKIP and Tory candidates could run a single candidate in key parliamentary seats, in effect a @placeholder/UKIP coalition.
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Mr Farage said: ‘There are lots of intelligent ways of doing deals in the future, all sorts of things a sensible, patriotic @placeholder leader, could pursue.
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A senior Conservative with close links to Mr @placeholder said he would not resign, but did not close the door to talks.