Interview: Robert Buckland – “I do think we need to reform stop and search.”

The man in charge of home affairs policy for the ’22 says that Macmillan and Macleod are his inspiration.

Stephan Shakespeare: Are coalitions here to stay?

Polling that I conducted on UKIP this week suggests that multi-party politics is winning support.

Henry Hill: Alliance councillors attacked in their home quit politics

Also: Welsh patients told to ‘gain weight’ to receive anti-obesity surgery; and NI deadlock on benefit reform.

WATCH: Vicky Ford MEP and Parick O’Flynn debate UKIP’s impact

Patrick O’Flynn says UKIP have “probably maxed out” its potential to gain votes from the Tories

Wythenshawe – a reminder that the Farage-Miliband, Ribbentrop-Molotov pact is still going strong

At present, UKIP poses more of a threat to the Conservatives than Labour.

Mel Stride MP: In most important ways, UKIP’s more like Labour than the Conservatives

Now that UKIP has become a more serious problem for Miliband, our aim should be to stress the points that ensure that it becomes even more so.

Former Leicestershire County Council leader joins UKIP

Perhaps Cllr Parsons has ambitions to become a UKIP MEP and return to a life of lavish expenses.

Lord Ashcroft: With a week to go in Wythenshawe, Labour’s grip looks firm

New polling shows Labour cruising on 61 per cent, with UKIP in second on 15 per cent and the Tories in a close third on 14 per cent.

WATCH: Wythenshawe and Sale East, 2014’s first by-election

Might it be a battle of two separate two-horse races?

A letter from Syed Kamall MEP punctures UKIP’s absurd Muslim pledge idea

Humour is the most effective response to such unpleasant proposals.

The surprising and important truth about UKIP

The conventional wisdom is that UKIP’s new voters are disaffected Tories. Nigel Farage insists they come from all parties and none. Who is right?

Two out of five Tory members want a pact with UKIP

But most of these want a vote-swapping or standing down arrangement rather than a fully-blown deal or merger.

Carswell abandons rebellion – because a Conservative victory in 2015 is the only way Britain can leave the EU

A major change is underway in euroscepticism – flamboyant but futile cavaliers are being replaced by roundheads who want to win this war.

Crony socialism and feuding in Barking and Dagenham

As Labour implode, their councillors are defecting to UKIP – but only the Conservatives offer a proper alternative.

WATCH: UKIP’s Godfrey Bloom asks disabled student: “Are you Richard III?”

And much of the audience laughs.