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‘There’s no such thing as a safe seat’: Douglas Carswell explains his absence from Ukip launch

Ukip launched its general election campaign poster today. Nigel Farage was there, both in person and in print, with a very large image of his face emblazoned across the new poster. Mark Reckless was there, posing for photos with the party’s ‘pledge card’ (although unless he has very big pockets or an enormous wallet, the one pictured is probably a poster for people’s windows rather than the real pledge card).

But Reckless isn’t the party’s only MP, is he? Where was Douglas Carswell?

Carswell was back in his constituency campaigning today, and received a barrage of calls from reporters asking why he didn’t attend the launch. This may be taken as further evidence that he isn’t on the same page as the rest of his party, particularly Farage, but Carswell told Coffee House:

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