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Welcome to the New Statesman Podcast. The Big domestic political story of the week has turned out to be the defection of

Tori MP Douglas Carswell to UKIP.

I'm joined by our politics editor George Eton and An to talk about, well, George, first of all,

give me a sketch me out, Douglas Carl's kind of character and reputation at Westminster.

Mm. Well he is one of the most prominent Eurosceptics in the Toy Party very close to Daniel Hanna and the

Conservative MPs co-authored several books with him and he's also a distinctive Democrat and a

supporter of radical constitutional change and that's one reason why he's

triggered a by-election after his defection because he thinks his constituents

should have a chance to approve his new allegiance.

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