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- UKIP won 23% in Thursday’s local elections, raising council seats from eight to 147.
- Labour got 29%, Conservatives 25% and Liberal Democrats 14%, below 30% the first time.
- Nigel Farage turned off his phone while fishing in the Channel after media appearances.
- Farage demanded to join David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg in TV debates.
- Tony Travers said “tectonic plates are shifting” as UKIP’s surge cuts parties’ vote share.
