Local elections hand losses to PM Cameron’s Conservative party as Independent Anti-EU Party Gain

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Anti-immigration UKIP breaks through in English local elections

AFP – The anti-immigration UK Independence Party (UKIP) broke through as a major political force on Friday following local elections which delivered a bloody nose to Britain’s ruling coalition. UKIP leader Nigel Farage said his eurosceptic party could no longer be dismissed as a protest movement as it averaged.