Red Ukip: a new political force?

Ideas well to the left of the Labour party are not compatible with Ukip's traditional libertarian selling point.

(Photo By Nigel Farage doesn't represent some of the left-of-Labour views in his party. Photo: Getty)

Some have mocked the term “Red Ukip”, imagining that Ukip remains a Thatcherite breakaway from the Conservative Party. Well, they won’t be anymore.

I’ve just returned from a remarkable fringe meeting at the party’s annual autumn conference, in which Ian Dexter, a Ukip member, former candidate in county and district elections and potential parliamentary candidate for 2015, outlined his strategy for winning over Labour voters. His ideas are well to the left of the current Labour party.