Cameron's party loses British election candidate to UKIP

London

ONE of Prime Minister David Cameron's parliamentary candidates said on Monday he had fallen out with the Conservatives and was switching his support to the anti-European Union (EU) UK Independence Party (UKIP) before a May 7 election.

The move by Mike Whitehead, until last week the Conservative candidate for the seat of Hull West in northern England, is a morale boost for UKIP, whose support in some opinion polls has dipped after a series of racism and sexism scandals.