Tory MP Douglas Carswell dramatically defects to join Ukip скачать в хорошем качестве

Tory MP Douglas Carswell dramatically defects to join Ukip

Tory backbencher Douglas Carswell has dramatically defected to Ukip. In a bombshell press conference, the eurosceptic MP criticised David Cameron and senior Conservatives for not being "serious about real change". He said that the government's failure to take a stand against the European Union was at the heart of his decision. "They are not serious about real change. It's above all the failure to deliver on the promise of political reform that has driven me to be here today," he said. "Europe's the one continent on the globe that is not growing... Yet who in Westminster, who among our so-called leaders is prepared to envisage real change?" The Clacton MP, who has frequently rebelled over European issues, said it would have been easier for him to "muddle along" as a Tory backbencher until next May, but he wanted to do the "honourable" thing. "As someone who's always answered directly to the independent-minded people of Essex, there is only one honourable thing for me to do," he said. "I must seek permission from my boss, the people of Clacton. I will now resign from Parliament and stand for Ukip in the by-election that now follows." The Prime Minister now faces a potentially-damaging by-election. Get the latest headlines http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Subscribe to The Telegraph http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Like us on Facebook   / telegraph.co.uk   Follow us on Twitter   / telegraph   Follow us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/1028913550727... Telegraph.co.uk and    / telegraphtv   are websites of The Daily Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.