David Cameron calls Nigel Farage a 'supremely tactical politician'.

David Cameron has launched a full-blown attack against Nigel Farage, describing the Ukip leader as a “supremely tactical” and “consummate politician” on a mission to “destroy the Conservative party”.

Speaking on Radio 4’s Monday programme, the Prime Minister drew the battle lines and said he refused to accept Mr Farage’s image as a “normal bloke down the pub”,

He pointed to controversies over Mr Farage’s expenses from Brussels and his wife’s position on the taxpayer funded payroll as evidence the leader was not a man of the people.

He also firmly dismissed the idea of a Conservative-Ukip pact as little more than a “great myth”.

“I don’t see any prospect of [a pact] happening, from what I read in the Sunday newspapers Nigel Farage wants to destroy the Conservative party not to work in tandem with it,” Mr Cameron said.

He added: “Ukip themselves said in their pre-election email to everyone this is your chance for a free hit. General elections aren’t a free hit, they have real consequences on who is governing your country for the next five years.

And Labour, who increasing its number of MEPs by seven to 20, are facing questions as to whether Mr Miliband should match David Cameron’s promise of an EU referendum.
Frank Field, Labour MP for Birkenhead and a supporter of a referendum, said on Sunday: “The greatest challenge Ukip poses is to Labour. If we are to win next year, it will be Ukip that becomes our main opposition”.

But allies of Mr Miliband made clear that there was “absolutely no prospect” he would change his stance on Europe.
Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, said that Ukip’s victory in the European elections would “terrify” the older parties.
He added that the European result marks “the most extraordinary result in 100 years”.Culled from Independent News UK.