Ukip suspends councillor who made gay marriage slurs
Ukip has suspended councillor David Silvester, who claimed that recent flooding was the result of the decision to legalise gay marriage.
David Cameron tops party leaders poll
Ukip narrowly slipped ahead of Labour and the Conservatives in a poll to find out which political party voters viewed most favourably, but Prime Minister David Cameron beat Ukip leader Nigel Farage in a rating of the party's political leaders.
How the political leaders were rated:
- David Cameron - Conservatives: 27%
- Nigel Farage - Ukip: 22%
- Ed Miliband - Labour: 18%
- Nick Clegg - Liberal Democrats: 13%
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