There were two by-elections last night, one where we lost a seat to UKIP, and one where Labour held onto their seat. And this speaks to a wider truth, if you go UKIP, you are in danger of getting a Labour government, with Ed Miliband as PM, Ed Balls as Chancellor and you will get no action on immigration, no European referendum.
And obviously, most importantly you will not get a continuation of the plan that is delivering success for our economy and security for our people. So that is the wider lesson of last night, and we have seven months to demonstrate that only a Conservative Government can give people the stability and security that we all want to see.
I think the next election is the most important in a generation. And I think what last night demonstrates is that if you see a big UKIP vote you will end up with Ed Miliband as Prime Minister, Ed Balls as Chancellor, Labour in power. And more to the point you won’t have the long-term economic plan that is really beginning to deliver for this country the stability and security that people want.