Nigel Farage has claimed Ukip would have won the Eastleigh by-election had the campaign been just one week longer, after a late surge saw the party leapfrog the Tories into second place.
Writing for The Huffington Post UK following his party's humiliation of David Cameron, Farage said it was a "truly spectacular result" that was "really the start of something".
He claimed that had the Lib Dems not been able to get a substantial number of postal votes in the bag ahead of polling day his candidate Diane James would now be the Ukip's first elected MP.
He claimed that had the Lib Dems not been able to get a substantial number of postal votes in the bag ahead of polling day his candidate Diane James would now be the Ukip's first elected MP.
