Wythenshawe by-election: Ukip piles the pressure on Cameron

Risk of Ukip splitting Tory vote in 2015 increases: what's the message for the four party leaders?

Mole

DAVID CAMERON tried to calm Tory nerves this morning after his party was beaten by Ukip into a humiliating third place in the Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election in Manchester.

Speaking on ITV’s Daybreak from Blackpool on a tour of storm-hit areas in the North West, Cameron sought to deny the result was the major breakthrough that Ukip leader Nigel Farage had promised.

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is the pseudonym for a London-based political consultant who writes exclusively for The Week.co.uk.