Michael Crick: Cameron’s plea to defectors

David Cameron once dismissed them as fruitcakes and looneys but he’s now declared it time for Ukip supporters to return home and vote Conservative, to keep Labour out of Number 10.

Nigel Farage responded that David Cameron does not understand that more than half Ukip voters have never voted Conservative and would never vote Conservative.

Our Political Correspondent Michael Crick is on the campaign trail with Mr Farage: