Roger Lord, Ukip’s original Clacton candidate, may defect to the Tories

Ukip's Clacton candidate, who is refusing to give way to Douglas Carswell, is now considering defecting himself - to the Conservative party.

By Anoosh Chakelian

(Photo By Nigel Farage and Douglas Carswell visit Clacton today, where Roger Lord wants to remain a candidate. Photo: Getty)

In a teetering-on-tedious game of what appears to be right-wing swapsies, the initial Ukip candidate for Clacton, Roger Lord (who was a Conservative party member in the past) has hinted on LBC that he may defect to the Tories.

Douglas Carswell, MP for Clacton, yesterday defected from the Conservatives to Ukip, and is triggering a by-election. But Lord has insisted that he wants to remain a candidate for Clacton, and won’t step aside for him. He said yesterday:

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