The invisible Mrs Farage

While other party leaders’ spouses are paraded round for a curious public, Kirsten Farage keeps out of the limelight. Good on her.

Election sketch: Jackie Doyle-Price – not drowning but waving in Thurrock

In this marginal seat on the Thames estuary, Team Jackie take to an open-top bus in an attempt to foil UKIP and Labour, and Farage gains a Hitler moustache.

A Candidate’s Diary: Badgers, kippers and same sex marriage – though not necessarily all at the same time…

Take it all with a pinch of salt. Do your best and, cometh the hour, “treat those two imposters just the same”.

Louise Mensch: New blogs I’m following during this election campaign

Campaign Watch, Blue Guerilla, Pestminster and Publicly Inconvenient – as well as established sites such as ConHome, Guido and Coffee House.

Lord Ashcroft: My latest focus groups – how do voters see it with five weeks to go?

Where do voters in Thurrock and Brentford think the party leaders would go on a night out?

The hangover after the party: how might the General Election affect UKIP’s internal politics?

Even a dream night on May 7th has the potential to present some challenges for the “People’s Army”.

Lord Ashcroft: Labour and the Conservatives are neck and neck in this week’s Ashcroft National Poll

Plus: This week’s focus groups in Leamington and Dewsbury; and if the party leaders were singers, whom would they be?

The 290 seat Conservative Government. 2) Cameron should be prepared to offer Farage an early EU referendum

In a hung Parliament in which the Conservatives are the largest party, he would need the minor parties – including UKIP.

Nadhim Zahawi MP: In Farage’s Britain, it would be legal to discriminate against me on the grounds of race

Welfare, skills and immigration policy require deep thought and serious long-term reform rather than angry slogans.

Iain Dale: A foreign nurse tells me that Brits don’t want his NHS job. He has a point.

Plus: Two policemen’s child abuse claims. Lamb for LibDem leader. Osborne for the Foreign Office. And: why won’t Waterstones stock more copies of Farage’s book?

Daniel Hannan MEP: Scowl, and you’ll help to lose the EU referendum. Smile, and you’ll help to win it.

Reflecting people’s gripes back at them will take you only so far. To get further, you must also offer something better.

Lord Ashcroft: The Conservative lead narrows in this week’s Ashcroft National Poll

Plus: This week’s focus groups with undecided voters in Northampton and Cardiff; and what would the party leaders do with a Friday night off?

How to lose an EU referendum, by Nigel Farage

First, make Out-ism all about foreigners and dog-whistles on race. Then demand an instant referendum.

Lord Ashcroft: The Conservatives extend their lead in this week’s Ashcroft National Poll

Plus: This week’s focus groups in Stevenage and Southampton Itchen; the TV debates; and if the party leaders worked outside politics, what would they do?

“Can the Conservatives fight back against Labour faster than Labour can fight back against the SNP?”

A big lesson from the sum of recent Lord Ashcroft Polls is that the balance between Labour’s strength in England and its weakness in Scotland could be decisive in May.