From Tory to UKIP

Last Modified: 19 Jan 2007
By: Cathy Newman

Channel 4 News has learned that a key Tory organiser has become the latest figure to defect to the UK independence party

Britain's opposition Conservative Party leader Cameron arrives at the Our Dynamic Earth building in Edinburgh (Reuters)

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It's an uphill battle - the Conservative leader David Cameron admitted today, as he launched a new campaign to re-connect with voters in the North of England.

Mr Cameron denied it was an act of desperation, after a poor showing at the last local elections.

But his new policies aren't going down well with sections of his own party - Channel 4 News has learned that a key Tory organiser has become the latest figure to defect to the UK independence party.

Our political correspondent Cathy Newman has more.

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