Ignore Ukip at your peril - a podcast by The Times

Tim Montgomerie is joined by Rachel Sylvester, Philip Webster and Alice Thomson. Rachel Sylvester: “Ukip has been dismissed as “fruitcakes and loonies”, “gadflies and cranks”.  Nigel Farage’s “barmy army” is cynical and hypocritical, with a streak of nastiness running through it.  But the other parties ignore it at their peril.  Ukip is a symptom of deep social and economic divides.”Philip Webster: “Nick Clegg was forced by a briefing that went wrong into suggesting  that, like Margaret Thatcher, he would go on and on. The truth is he will only go on - and will only want to go on - if the Lib Dems are part of the next government. Because if they are not, Mr Clegg almost certainly will have presided over the loss of an awful lot of seats. His party will look elsewhere.”Alice Thomson: “University vice chancellors have been awarding themselves stratospheric pay rises – in the elite Russell Group they earn on average £318,500 a year in salary and pension. Yet the value of a degree in the jobs market is...

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