article_snippet.sent: Ukip, which will today unveil Farage manifesto, has reduced the number of constituencies where Farage is concentrating resources as Farage loses ground in the polls.
article_snippet.sent: After Ukip won the Rochester and Strood by-election last November and gained its second MP, Mr Farage said Ukip could go on to win 'dozens of seats' in -election.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Farage will this morning launch Ukip's manifesto in Thurrock, Essex.
article_snippet.sent: Ukip also hopes to win in Thurrock, a tight three-way marginal where the Tories are defending a majority of just 92.
article_snippet.sent: Nigel Farage was earlier this month accused of 'making up Nigel Farage policies as Nigel Farage goes along' after Nigel Farage called for the number of arrivals to be limited at 50,000 a year, but at the same time claimed overall caps on net migration would be 'ludicrous'.
article_snippet.sent: Nigel Farage has maintained that Ukip is not losing support but appears to have changed Nigel Farage rhetoric, referring to the election as a 'springboard'.
article_snippet.sent: In an interview at the weekend Nigel Farage suggested Ukip supporters should vote Tory in seats where Ukip has no chance of winning.
article_snippet.sent: A senior Ukip source last night said Nigel Farage could begin discussions with the Tories about a post-election deal through 'back-channels' before the polls close.
article_snippet.sent: Nigel Farageis minded to do confidence-and-supply with whoever offers an EU referendum', Nigel Farage said.
article_snippet.sent: And Nigel Farage is today expected to pledge that Nigel Farage would spend 'substantially' more than Nato's target of 2 per cent of national income on defence.
article_snippet.sent: Nigel Farage has previously said that Ukip would meet the target.
article_snippet.sent: In a bid to bolster faltering opinion poll ratings, Nigel Farage said Ukip was offering 'serious, fully costed policies' aimed at voters who 'believe' in Britain.