Mark Reckless the MP for Rochester has defected from the Tories and joined Ukip on the eve of the Conservative Party conference.Sign up for Snowmail, your daily preview of what is on Channel 4 News, sent straight to your inbox, here: http://mailing.channel4.com/public/snowmail/remotebox.jsp
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