UKIP MEP Marta Andreasen defects to ConservativesA senior member of the UK Independence Party has said she is leaving the party to join the Conservatives.Marta Andreasen, a South East region MEP, sent her resignation letter to UKIP leader Nigel Farage on Friday.
It comes two weeks after she accused the UKIP leader of bullying and being "anti-women" and "a Stalinist" and threatened to leave the party.
In response, Mr Farage said the Tories "deserve what is coming to them" and added: "The woman is impossible."
23 Feb 2013, 1:09 pm
