:00:00. > :00:00.Great, Peter, thanks very much. It Great, Peter, thanks very much. It
:00:00. > :00:25.In tonight's programme, I'll be speaking to Mr Carswell.
:00:26. > :00:27.We have the story behind that defection, plus local
:00:28. > :00:40.I am very disappointed. We voted for a Tory in key and ended up with a
:00:41. > :00:40.UKIP one. In other news tonight,
:00:41. > :00:43.a major review of the railway project in Suffolk which has caused
:00:44. > :00:55.misery for thousands of commuters. And if you use heating oil at home,
:00:56. > :01:03.the latest advice on when to seat up.
:01:04. > :01:18.This beach has been filled today with people having a lovely time in
:01:19. > :01:22.the sunshine. They were somewhat surprised to be accosted by
:01:23. > :01:26.journalists who are keen to find out their reaction to the news that the
:01:27. > :01:30.local MP Douglas Carswell has announced that he is defecting from
:01:31. > :01:37.the Tories to UKIP and in doing so triggered a by`election. The news
:01:38. > :01:39.has caused shock waves across Westminster and Essex. We will speak
:01:40. > :01:49.to Douglas Carswell later. First, this report. This is a dramatic but
:01:50. > :01:54.not unexpected announcement. With his strong euro sceptic views,
:01:55. > :01:57.Douglas Carswell has been known to be sympathetic to UKIP for some
:01:58. > :02:02.time. His name has often been suggested as a possible defector. He
:02:03. > :02:08.always insisted he was a conservative. I am joining you kept
:02:09. > :02:13.not because I am a conservative hankering after the past. I want
:02:14. > :02:18.change. Journalists were told this press conference was about a new
:02:19. > :02:24.UKIP donor. Now one expected to hear about a by`election. It is not
:02:25. > :02:29.enough to leave the Conservatives to join UKIP, as someone who has always
:02:30. > :02:34.wanted to serve the people there is only one honourable thing for me to
:02:35. > :02:41.do, I must seek permission from my boss, the people of Clacton. I will
:02:42. > :02:44.now resign from Parliament and there will be a by`election. Douglas
:02:45. > :02:50.Carswell is a popular MP, not just because of his conservative views
:02:51. > :02:54.but because he is a local campaigner fighting for the hospital and just
:02:55. > :02:59.this week he attacked Network Rail for the delays. He is so far to the
:03:00. > :03:03.right of the Conservative Party I have wondered for a long time and he
:03:04. > :03:08.could remain a conservative. This is a huge embarrassment for the
:03:09. > :03:15.Conservative Party. When David Cameron first took in wide`eyed
:03:16. > :03:18.fruitcakes you need only to look to Douglas Carswell to realise who he
:03:19. > :03:24.was talking about. Conservatives feel let down. This is a mistake
:03:25. > :03:30.because we as a Conservative Party are the only ones able to deliver a
:03:31. > :03:34.referendum in 2017 if we win the next general election. Labour and
:03:35. > :03:38.the Liberals have said no to this, UKIP cannot deliver. Fourth UKIP
:03:39. > :03:42.this is a major true, in a region where support is already strong,
:03:43. > :03:48.particularly in Essex where the party did very well. Back in April
:03:49. > :03:54.Douglas Carswell was a guest at the Sunday politics programme. Was this
:03:55. > :03:58.a hint of his change? I have never been mistaken for anything other
:03:59. > :04:03.than me, certainly not for being a liberal Democrat. What about for
:04:04. > :04:09.being a UKIP member? We shall have to see? Today he nailed his colours
:04:10. > :04:19.to the mast, a high risk strategy that he thinks can work. Clacton saw
:04:20. > :04:23.its heyday as a beach resort in the 1950s but since then it has seen
:04:24. > :04:27.some claim. It is home to many retired people but has its fair
:04:28. > :04:32.share of deprivation. Douglas Carswell won this seat with a 12,000
:04:33. > :04:40.majority, more than 50% of the vote in 2010. What did people here make
:04:41. > :04:44.of the announcement? At the Clacton Conservatives office,
:04:45. > :04:48.party workers have not even had time to take down the Douglas Carswell
:04:49. > :04:57.posters. In the window, was this a clue? A gushing tribute from UKIP
:04:58. > :05:03.leader Nigel Farage. Mr Carswell sometimes comes into this
:05:04. > :05:09.hairdresser. He was a real gentleman and I liked him. Not everyone is
:05:10. > :05:14.happy the Conservative MP has jumped ship. I am disappointed, we voted
:05:15. > :05:22.for a Tory MP and ended up with a UKIP one. It is shameless. It will
:05:23. > :05:25.really rock the boat. Very shocked when I saw this on my phone this
:05:26. > :05:30.morning. He has done the wrong decision. Elsewhere, a government
:05:31. > :05:34.minister was opening a college of further education in Basildon. It
:05:35. > :05:38.was a sign of how well the secret was kept that the minister knew
:05:39. > :05:44.nothing about Douglas Carswell 's defection until we told him in this
:05:45. > :05:49.interview. What is your reaction? I was not aware of that. I regretted
:05:50. > :05:54.enormously, Douglas is a great man and I think it is a mistake. I am
:05:55. > :05:58.stunned to hear this. Douglas Carswell spoke to us as recently as
:05:59. > :06:01.Tuesday and gave no hint of the political bombshell that he was
:06:02. > :06:09.about to drop. I think it is rather bizarre, a balmy decision by him.
:06:10. > :06:12.Political analysts say that Mr Carswell stands a real chance of
:06:13. > :06:24.winning the by`election for UKIP in Clacton. I think he has done the
:06:25. > :06:29.right thing. Will you vote for him? I voted for him before and I will do
:06:30. > :06:33.it again. He has a great local candidate. Soon, day`trippers here
:06:34. > :06:36.could be outnumbered by politicians and political reporters when
:06:37. > :06:46.campaigning for the all`important by`election gets underway. Douglas
:06:47. > :06:49.Carswell joins us now. You have told us in the past many times you
:06:50. > :06:54.actually through and through so what has changed? A couple of local
:06:55. > :06:59.things helped crystallise the idea in my mind. For a start, the party
:07:00. > :07:03.of localism, the Conservative Party that promised a local people the
:07:04. > :07:09.right to decide things has announced we need an extra 12,000 homes to be
:07:10. > :07:12.built in Clacton. The fact that the Conservative Party that promised to
:07:13. > :07:19.reform the NHS is presiding over a situation in Clacton where local
:07:20. > :07:23.people cannot see a GG. These local issues the great steel. The matter.
:07:24. > :07:30.I do not think the party is serious about the change that we need. Are
:07:31. > :07:33.you saying, because you are obviously very well`known forger
:07:34. > :07:38.Euroscepticism, are you saying that Europe has not played a part in
:07:39. > :07:43.this? It has played a part, but it is not the be all and end all. As I
:07:44. > :07:49.said in my resignation speech, a failure to deliver political reform
:07:50. > :07:53.to make government accountable to Parliament and Parliament properly
:07:54. > :07:57.accountable to the voters, that I think is the single biggest factor
:07:58. > :08:03.in my decision to decide that I am going to change party. Obviously, it
:08:04. > :08:09.would be possible for me as an MP changing party to carry on in the
:08:10. > :08:12.House of Commons, there have been no shortage of MPs have changed party
:08:13. > :08:15.and remained sitting in the House of Commons but I do not think that
:08:16. > :08:19.would be right. It would be the wrong thing to do. I will offer
:08:20. > :08:24.myself up for the election sought local people can decide if this is
:08:25. > :08:28.the right decision. You must know, too, that you are more likely to win
:08:29. > :08:33.a by`election for UKIP and you would be if you waited until the general
:08:34. > :08:37.election next year. As you feel any guilt towards all of those Tories in
:08:38. > :08:43.the party who have fought for you and worked alongside you? There are
:08:44. > :08:49.lots of very, very good people in the local Conservative Association
:08:50. > :08:53.and I am very, very sad that it has come to this. I have been talking to
:08:54. > :08:58.a lot of members of my Association today and they are coming with me.
:08:59. > :09:02.Some will not and that saddens me but many will. I am accountable to
:09:03. > :11:26.all voters in Clacton, not just those who happen to
:11:27. > :11:32.favourite, do you feel confident of winning and becoming a kilt was for
:11:33. > :11:36.UKIP at Westminster? I could lose, I do not sure if I will win. I am
:11:37. > :11:42.taking a risk and trusting the people. I will say do you want me or
:11:43. > :11:50.someone else? I am trusting the people and they are my boss, I had
:11:51. > :11:54.to them. Let's see what they decide. Thank you very much for talking to
:11:55. > :11:58.us. We will be back here in Clacton later with more reaction on today's
:11:59. > :12:00.news but first we rest of the news from the region with Stewart.
:12:01. > :12:03.After two days of major disruption for rail travellers on the
:12:04. > :12:06.Great Eastern main line, Network Rail says it will decide tomorrow
:12:07. > :12:08.whether more engineering work will go ahead in Ipswich this weekend.
:12:09. > :12:11.A meeting was held last night between Network Rail, the train
:12:12. > :12:24.operator Abellio and contractors working on the ?25 million scheme.
:12:25. > :12:30.The Network Rail on an army on approach today at Ipswich station.
:12:31. > :12:36.Part of a major theme to reduce congestion. At its heart it is
:12:37. > :12:39.providing more space for freight trains to prevent hauled of the
:12:40. > :12:43.passenger traffic. It involves laying new track of overhead power
:12:44. > :12:47.lines. Today Network Rail said it had uncovered false with the
:12:48. > :12:52.original design of a new signalling system being installed today.
:12:53. > :12:59.Commuters were forced onto buses as bank holiday work overran by several
:13:00. > :13:04.hours. Norwich North MP Corey Smith has led the great Eastern real
:13:05. > :13:09.campaign, an all`party group arguing the region deserves better. We have
:13:10. > :13:16.a very real service in East Anglia and Norfolk and Suffolk, it is not
:13:17. > :13:19.good enough. We have had historic underinvestment and I am part of a
:13:20. > :13:23.campaign to try had that part right. What we need in the short`term is
:13:24. > :13:27.the service be done properly in terms of what they are due to
:13:28. > :13:31.deliver the end, the out. When the MP took up the ace pockets challenge
:13:32. > :13:36.in aid of charity today Network Rail were among the nominations for the
:13:37. > :13:41.dosing. And number three, whoever is responsible at Network Rail but the
:13:42. > :13:47.recent mess up in our real service. If they can take an ace pockets they
:13:48. > :13:58.are welcome to come here and do it! Ready? Your regal. Smile! That is
:13:59. > :14:02.called! Colchester MP Sir Bob Russell has argued there should be
:14:03. > :14:07.no bonuses for Network Rail directors. It is often said we are
:14:08. > :14:13.the pure relations in Thames of real spending but the ?25 million scheme
:14:14. > :14:17.is part of a 2.2 billion programme of investment in this region in the
:14:18. > :14:21.next five years. Network rail have apologised once more the travellers
:14:22. > :14:23.and say they will make a final decision tomorrow on whether to go
:14:24. > :14:29.ahead with plans engineering works on Saturday.
:14:30. > :14:32.The cost of living for people in rural areas is now so high that
:14:33. > :14:35.some are having to chose between buying food or heating their homes.
:14:36. > :14:37.Norfolk Rural Community Council says higher transport and fuel costs mean
:14:38. > :14:39.more home owners are suffering so`called 'fuel poverty'.
:14:40. > :14:41.The percentage of households in 'fuel poverty' is highest
:14:42. > :15:02.Filling up with heating fuel this summer might be the last thing on
:15:03. > :15:08.your main but consider this, rate now it will cost around ?630. This
:15:09. > :15:13.winter it could be ?200 more. It helps if you buy in bulk. Sylvia and
:15:14. > :15:19.35 others have signed up to a syndicate scheme which has 3000
:15:20. > :15:24.members across Norfolk. There are a lot of syndicates, what makes this
:15:25. > :15:28.different? Because it is not just placing an order for us by the local
:15:29. > :15:32.syndicate, it goes into the countywide syndicate and we get
:15:33. > :15:43.benefits from that. How much do you think you have saved? Probably about
:15:44. > :16:04.?100. Based in Norwich the team negotiating on Sylvia 's behalf
:16:05. > :16:10.usually do deals for farmers but now each monthly by 150,000 litres of
:16:11. > :16:10.oil for domestic customers. We call it the orders, go to the
:16:11. > :16:11.marketplace, negotiate on their marketplace, negotiate on their
:16:12. > :16:11.behalf when faced the best prices and get it delivered to them within
:16:12. > :16:12.can you be from the market price? can you be from the
:16:13. > :16:13.Around two or 3p cheaper. The Around two or 3p cheaper. The
:16:14. > :16:18.charity behind the scheme say this is now the biggest issue in rural
:16:19. > :16:23.areas. This can be a big choice for people putting food on the table and
:16:24. > :16:28.keeping their house at a decent temperature. Has got worse? Is
:16:29. > :16:33.definitely has over the past few years. This could be a template for
:16:34. > :16:38.a fair and roller`coaster. Why don't the distributors give us a easier
:16:39. > :16:45.ride? This is worldwide, not just this country. We are led by
:16:46. > :16:48.worldwide prices. And we must follow the market trends. Rural campaigners
:16:49. > :16:54.say we can maintain some local control well many top up their
:16:55. > :16:57.tanks, those in the countryside pop up their tanks.
:16:58. > :17:00.Last year the Godolphin racing stables in Newmarket was
:17:01. > :17:02.the centre of a major doping scandal with the revelation that trainer
:17:03. > :17:05.Mahmood Al Zarooni had injected horses with illegal steroids.
:17:06. > :17:09.A second Newmarket trainer was then caught doing the same thing
:17:10. > :17:12.and the two were banned for a total of 13 years.
:17:13. > :17:15.In the final part of our special series
:17:16. > :17:19.on horse racing Louise Hubball asks has Newmarket's reputation recovered
:17:20. > :17:25.In Newmarket, reputation is everything.
:17:26. > :17:30.But this is a scandal that sent shockwaves through racing.
:17:31. > :17:32.Godolfin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni banned for 8 years
:17:33. > :17:40.Another Newmarket trainer, Gerard Butler, banned for 5 over
:17:41. > :17:48.More than 12 months on, a day at the races, like here at
:17:49. > :17:54.And wiht the best view in the house, this voice of the sport welcomes
:17:55. > :18:02.the British horseracing authority's new guidelines in response to
:18:03. > :18:06.the scandal, including drugs testing without warning.
:18:07. > :18:08.They have brought out a new format and hopefully it will
:18:09. > :18:13.go around the world, where no drugs will be allowed to be used to help
:18:14. > :18:17.horses run faster or mask any ailments or anything like that.
:18:18. > :18:19.Newmarket's reputation, Godolfin's reputation, has that recovered?
:18:20. > :18:24.We've got rid of the bad apples, if there were, now the good guys are
:18:25. > :18:31.And here you don't have to look far for an expert opinion
:18:32. > :18:35.It is typical of any environment in which you have big money,
:18:36. > :18:38.there is always someone who is trying to get an edge.
:18:39. > :18:41.In this case the culprits were caught, they were punished
:18:42. > :18:49.It hasn't had any effect on attendences, it certainly hasn't
:18:50. > :18:54.Do you think there is any lasting damage to Newmarket?
:18:55. > :18:57.It is a reputation that has been long established over centuries,
:18:58. > :19:05.Godolfin politely declined my request for an interview,
:19:06. > :19:08.and certainly here on Newmarket's gallops,
:19:09. > :19:14.And that is a bonus for the region's economy.
:19:15. > :19:16.The reality is, racehorse trainers here alone bring
:19:17. > :19:19.?98 million to the local area and employ more than 2,000 people.
:19:20. > :19:23.And there is new investment proposed.
:19:24. > :19:28.A new ?5 million gallops here on the racecourse side, to reduce
:19:29. > :19:36.This is a world steeped in heritage and bloodlines, but as the past year
:19:37. > :19:39.has proved, reputation can be robust and ensure future success.
:19:40. > :19:52.Louise Hubble, BBC Look East, Newmarket.
:19:53. > :20:06.'s let's go back to Suzy in Clacton. Welcome back to Clacton in Essex
:20:07. > :20:11.where local people are digestive and the news that their local MP is
:20:12. > :20:16.defecting from police to UKIP. Douglas Carswell 's bombshell has
:20:17. > :20:26.taken everyone by surprise, including his neighbouring MP and
:20:27. > :20:34.fellow Euro`sceptic Tory Bernard Jenkin. They were known to be close
:20:35. > :20:41.colleagues so when I spoke to Mr Jenkin earlier I asked for his
:20:42. > :20:48.reaction. A bit of a bolt from the blue actually, I did not expect
:20:49. > :20:58.Douglas to do this. He is a very principled person, he has very clear
:20:59. > :21:01.views about this. I was not expecting him to defect from the
:21:02. > :21:11.Conservative Party at this particular moment, not at all. You
:21:12. > :21:19.are also a year is kept it, do you think he is showing the courage of
:21:20. > :21:26.his convictions? Most of the Conservative Party is you sceptics.
:21:27. > :21:35.What of the country is Euro`sceptic. I am disappointed he is not staying
:21:36. > :21:42.in the Conservative Party to argue for the changes we need. David
:21:43. > :21:43.the fiscal union treaty but he did. the fiscal union treaty but he did.
:21:44. > :21:44.There are many things that we persuaded David Cameron of and that
:21:45. > :21:45.is part of being in a party as a backbencher, persuading your
:21:46. > :21:47.readership that things must change. I wish Douglas was still doing that.
:21:48. > :21:48.The problem about what he has `` about what he has done is that it
:21:49. > :21:49.helps Ed Miliband. If you want Ed Miliband to the Prime Minister don't
:21:50. > :21:51.vote Conservative. UKIP has made it clear that this is one of their
:21:52. > :21:57.target areas. Does that continue as an Essex MP? We know that the UKIP
:21:58. > :22:01.Ford has been getting stickier, they have been holding onto their vote
:22:02. > :22:06.better. But the UKIP Ford full`back. But it will cost Conservative seats
:22:07. > :22:14.if too many Conservatives fought UKIP. The result of that will not be
:22:15. > :22:17.a UKIP government, not a yellow sceptic government that.
:22:18. > :22:21.Immigration, or do anything about the European Union, it will be a
:22:22. > :22:24.Labour government putting up taxes and taking us more and more into the
:22:25. > :22:30.EU and raising the level of immigration. That is what will
:22:31. > :22:34.happen if you vote UKIP. You think he is reflecting the strength of
:22:35. > :22:38.opinion among the general public? How was treated by a viewer on the
:22:39. > :22:42.way he said at last an MP showing some. I think he is touching quite a
:22:43. > :22:47.lot of people in that way, people like to see that someone is acting
:22:48. > :22:52.out of principle. We as a party must act out of principle and we should
:22:53. > :22:57.learn something from this and make sure that our policy is clear and
:22:58. > :23:01.principled in our manifesto. That is what many of us will continue to
:23:02. > :23:05.argue for in the Conservative Party and I am just sorry that Douglas has
:23:06. > :23:11.decided to abandon ship and help Ed Miliband instead. Will he win? We
:23:12. > :23:21.will wait and see. I am sure we will give him a good run for his money.
:23:22. > :23:24.David Fincher is with me, the leader of conservatives in Essex County
:23:25. > :23:28.Council. Do you feel betrayed by Douglas Carswell? Now, at this time
:23:29. > :23:37.before elections we see defections of the time. MEPs from UKIP, over to
:23:38. > :23:41.us. Do you think you can win? He is very popular. He is very popular but
:23:42. > :23:45.you can have no policies worth talking about. The irony to trick
:23:46. > :23:49.pony. We have all of the policies and all of the answers and we are
:23:50. > :23:55.demonstrating that they are good answers every day in this country.
:23:56. > :24:00.Do you think UKIP can do it? The bookies have UKIP favourites to win
:24:01. > :24:04.the seat, they have the things going for them. Douglas Carswell is a
:24:05. > :24:07.popular local MP. You can have a strong message on immigration and
:24:08. > :24:11.that is a big issue in this part of the world. When it comes to the
:24:12. > :24:19.by`election Douglas Carswell will be standing for none of the above. None
:24:20. > :24:22.of the mainstream parties. For an electric dissatisfied with
:24:23. > :24:27.mainstream holiday that will be attractive. He had a 12,000
:24:28. > :24:31.majority, that there's a lot of people to move over to UKIP. It is
:24:32. > :24:37.possible he could split the UKIP vote and let in labour. When will
:24:38. > :24:44.the by`election happen? That is for the Conservatives to decide. They
:24:45. > :24:50.want is out of the way quickly. We are heading towards conference
:24:51. > :24:53.season and we cannot do it then. Thank you very much. As you can see
:24:54. > :24:59.it is very glory here, let's get the weather.
:25:00. > :25:04.We are getting a sneak preview at the beginning of September, high
:25:05. > :25:09.pressure slowly builds to the south and that means for all of us we will
:25:10. > :25:12.see some fine and dry weather. Temperatures fairly respectable for
:25:13. > :25:17.the beginning of September and also some sunshine. That is not the case
:25:18. > :25:21.at the moment, take a look at the charity. We have a weak weather
:25:22. > :25:27.front moving in from the West. It is producing a lot of rain across Wales
:25:28. > :25:31.and the western parts of England. As it slowly pushes across as it will
:25:32. > :25:36.weaken. There is a lot of cloud on it as well, so it will be cloudy
:25:37. > :25:40.evening. The rain will slowly give us fit and into the evening. The
:25:41. > :25:46.rain arriving over Cambridge as well as western parts of Norfolk. Some
:25:47. > :25:49.parts remain dry, the rain is very patchy. As we head to the evening
:25:50. > :25:56.you might find a little bit of darkness in places. Overnight it
:25:57. > :26:01.will remain dry, with a lot of clear skies but the breeze is quite
:26:02. > :26:07.strong. It blows the" across as and there is the risk of the odd spot or
:26:08. > :26:10.two of rain. With the wind and the quote and temperatures holding up"
:26:11. > :26:17.is a mild to make coming in at around 12 or even 13 degrees.
:26:18. > :26:22.Tomorrow starts cloudy and breezy, through the day we are likely to see
:26:23. > :26:26.the dampness again coming in. In any of high`pressure is still coming up
:26:27. > :26:29.towards Scotland. We may find some rain coming in from time to time but
:26:30. > :26:34.many areas remaining dry. Because the breeze is quite strong it could
:26:35. > :26:41.blow the cloud quite quickly across East Anglia. If you are sheltered
:26:42. > :26:45.from the breeze the temperatures will hold at around 19 or 20
:26:46. > :26:50.degrees. If you are stepping out tomorrow it could be a bit damp in
:26:51. > :26:54.places again, but it will be a mild evening, temperatures holding up
:26:55. > :26:58.into double figures, around 12 or 13 degrees. As I said, the
:26:59. > :27:04.high`pressure is slowly moving in from the south. This is the former
:27:05. > :27:07.hurricane crest of that is pushing up in this direction and not
:27:08. > :27:11.bothering us. The good news is that the cloud will break up and there
:27:12. > :27:16.will be a late fees and some sunshine. It will be cloudy on
:27:17. > :27:20.Friday and Saturday, Sunday looks brighter but, Monday some good sunny
:27:21. > :27:31.spells and temperatures up to 21 degrees. Good evening.
:27:32. > :27:36.The satellite trucks have been here in force today, parked along the
:27:37. > :27:38.beachfront. All eyes on Clacton in the coming weeks to see if this is a
:27:39. > :27:42.place where political history will be made with the first UKIP MP
:27:43. > :27:46.elected. And if so will it be a one for the start of a major change at
:27:47. > :28:16.Westminster? Interesting times politically. Goodbye.
:28:17. > :28:18.Go away if you don't me to speak to you like that!
:28:19. > :28:22.Most schools exclude disruptive pupils.
:28:23. > :28:25.I ain't putting up with this any more.
:28:26. > :28:30.But one school takes them in and promises five GCSEs.