article_snippet.sent: the 'rogue poll' was commissioned last month by multimillionaire businessman and former Tory Arron Banks, who defected to Ukip last year and gave the party £1million.
article_snippet.sent: Ukip hoped the Thanet poll would echo an earlier one showing Farage heading for a famous victory, and the Thanet poll planned to use Farage to whip up more support.
article_snippet.sent: But when the result came through, Farage had a shock.
article_snippet.sent: But yesterday, a spokesman finally admitted a cover-up had buried the survey, claiming the results were ‘unreliable’ and that a cover-up was a ‘rogue poll’.
article_snippet.sent: Graphics show the results of the censored Thanet poll (above) and the growing support for the Conservatives (below)
article_snippet.sent: the party leader added: ‘
article_snippet.sent: A Ukip spokesman said the ComRes poll’s headline figures greatly understated Farage’s support because the ComRes poll’s headline figures included people who were not likely to vote and who tended to lean towards the traditional parties.
article_snippet.sent: A Conservative spokesman said: ‘The fact that Ukip commissioned the ComRes poll but then tried to cover it up when they did
article_snippet.sent: n’t like the results shows they true colours.
highlights_snippet.sent: Party hoped poll would show leader heading for a famous victory .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Results from the 'rogue poll' were 'unreliable', a Ukip spokesman said .