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| UKIP is 'here to stay', says Nigel Farage | UKIP is 'here to stay', says Nigel Farage |
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| The UK Independence Party is "fundamentally changing British politics" with its goal of "getting our country back", Nigel Farage has said. | The UK Independence Party is "fundamentally changing British politics" with its goal of "getting our country back", Nigel Farage has said. |
| The UKIP leader said the party was "here to stay" and offered a change from existing parties which were almost "merged" in terms of their policies. | The UKIP leader said the party was "here to stay" and offered a change from existing parties which were almost "merged" in terms of their policies. |
| There have been Tory calls to change course to win back voters who switched to UKIP in England's local elections. | There have been Tory calls to change course to win back voters who switched to UKIP in England's local elections. |
| But Mr Farage said UKIP took votes from Labour and Lib Dems, not just Tories. | But Mr Farage said UKIP took votes from Labour and Lib Dems, not just Tories. |
| "We are the party with the broadest appeal across the country: north, south, east and west, old Labour voters, rural Tory voters, we are a genuinely national political party," he told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show. | |
| "Now, to succeed in Westminster in 2015 we've got to grow and build a lot from here - but please don't think that it's impossible and I promise you this, UKIP is here to stay." | |
| The UK Independence Party, whose main policy is for the UK to leave the European Union, gained about 25% of votes in the council seats it contested in England's local elections on Thursday. | |
| Mr Farage said that the party's rise to having 147 local councillors gave the party a "bridgehead" for the party to show what it can do. |