Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage, the two British politicians with the most passionately held but conflicting views on Europe, traded blow after blow in a debate over Britain’s future EU membership – with the first opinion poll suggesting a decisive win for the Ukip leader.
A snap YouGov poll for the Sun of people who had seen the debate suggested a firm Farage win with 57% to Clegg’s 36%. Another 7% said they did not know.
The Ukip victory was even more decisive among Conservative voters, by 70% to 26% in favour of Farage, a result that will bolster Ukip’s argument that it has become the leader of the Eurosceptic movement in the UK .... http://www.theguardian.com
