Nigel Not To Stand In Eastleigh - But Who Will?

The leader of the UK Independence Party has decided instead to concentrate on improving the party’s standing nationally in the May local elections.

The prospect of Mr Farage personally fighting for Chris Huhne's seat, who formally resigned as an MP at lunchtime on Tuesday, on the south coast of England had intrigued Westminster watchers.

The view was that, with both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats so unpopular, Mr Farage could come through the middle on a protest vote. Telegraph.