Farage has a deal with the Tories in his sights
NIGEL Farage last night held out an olive branch to David Cameron as he said he wanted to work with him to prevent a possible Labour government.
The Ukip leader called on Conservatives to vote tactically for him in seats where they cannot win in order to help keep the Tory leader as Prime Minister.
And in the strongest hint yet that they could work together, Mr Farage dropped his demand that the Tories ditch Mr Cameron before any post election deal.
In a direct appeal to Tory voters, Mr Farage said he believed many were in ‘their hearts’ closer to his position of wanting an EU referendum as soon as possible.
Mr Farage also revealed that he has already held informal discussions with Tories.
Yesterday, as he launched his party’s manifesto, Mr Farage called on Mr Cameron to join with him to lock Ed Miliband and Alex Salmond out of Downing Street.
Ukip has reduced its list of targets to ten seats, but Mr Farage believes in seats such as Great Grimsby and Dudley North it has a better chance than the Tories.
Mr Farage said Tory supporters needed to vote tactically. He added: ‘One of the things I have completely f ailed to understand is how the Conservatives would want to say vote Ukip, get Labour in constituencies like Grimsby and Rotherham and Dudley North and all those Labour seats in which we are the challenger. ’
Ukip has promised a radical overhaul of Scots funding in a move that would strip billions of pounds from public services.
David Coburn MEP, party leader north of the Border, warned Nicola Sturgeon could no l onger ‘ s plurge huge amounts of money on Scotland’ without facing up to the consequences. ‘Scotland receives almost £1,400 more per person in public spending than the UK average, and nearly £450 more than Wales,’ the manifesto said.
Mr Coburn added: ‘This is why Scotland is able to spend in a manner not possible elsewhere in the UK.’