Ukip’s only MP gives Ukip conference a miss

Although Paul Nuttall made a quick escape from today’s Ukip Spring Conference in order to avoid the pesky press, compared with Douglas Carswell it was an admirable effort.

Mr S understands that Ukip’s only MP has deigned not to bother turning up today. While there are over 25 Ukip politicians speaking at the event, Carswell will not be one of them. Instead the MP for Clacton will appear through the medium of video — opting to record a video message rather than make the journey up North.

While Nuttall has promised to give Labour a run for its money in the party’s traditional heartlands, Mr S suspects the message would hold a bit more weight if Ukip’s parliamentary party also frequented the area.