By-election to boost 2015 push: Farage

Campaign dominated by immigration as Cameron digs in

The outcome of next year’s British general election will be up in the air if Ukip wins the Rochester and Strood by-election, Nigel Farage has said. The Ukip leader predicted his party’s Conservative defector Mark Reckless will become its second MP, saying its vote was solid.

But Mr Farage, speaking hours before the counting of votes started in the crunch by-election contest, admitted to feeling nervous.