article_snippet: Farage conceded it would be impossible for Farage to continue to dictate Ukip policy without a seat in the House of Commons.
article_snippet: Ukip is aiming to win around half a dozen seats, but Farage appears to face a tougher fight than Douglas Carswell, the Tory defector who won a big majority when Farage stood for Ukip in a by-election.
article_snippet: Polls suggest Farage is in a three-way battle with Labour and the Conservatives.
article_snippet: Conservative strategists believe Farage has made a significant blunder by tying Farage fortunes in South Thanet to Farage future as party leader.
article_snippet: The strategist said that if Farage stood down after losing the seat, Mr Carswell was likely to take over and ‘that would be the end of Ukip’.
article_snippet: Farage appears at odds over several areas of policy with key members of Farage team, Mr Carswell, who has expressed concern about the ‘ugly nativism’ of some Ukip supporters and spoken in favour of immigration.
article_snippet: The Clacton MP is also seen as lacking in the broad popular appeal of Farage by Tory campaign chiefs.
article_snippet: A Survation poll commissioned by a Ukip donor in South Thanet found Farage to be ahead, but one previous survey had Farage neck and neck with the Tories and another put Tories ahead.
article_snippet: In an extract from a new book by the Ukip leader, The Purple Revolution, serialised in the Daily Telegraph, Farage made clear Farage would quit as party leader if Farage fails to become an MP.
article_snippet: It is frankly just not credible for me to continue to lead the party without a Westminster seat,’ Farage wrote.