Tory MP's son William Cash chosen as Ukip parliamentary candidate
The son of a Eurosceptic MP who lives in Shropshire has been selected to stand as a Ukip parliamentary candidate.
William Cash, of Upton Cressett Hall, near Bridgnorth, will stand for the North Warwickshire seat – which he claims is the "most ultra marginal" in the country.
The seat is held by Tory Dan Byles, who is standing down in May.
Mr Cash, whose father is Stone MP Bill Cash, said: "There is a Tory majority of just 54 – making it the most ultra-marginal seat in the country – and the area has very serious HS2 issues.
"This makes it a very winnable seat. Ukip support ran to around 26 per cent in the council elections in May 2013 so support is surging and the HS2 impact, including collapsing house prices, has not helped."
He added: "Who would not relish fighting the Labour candidate Mike O'Brien, a veteran Labour minister under Tony Blair who is none less than Blair's former 'open borders' immigration minister?
"He was also the energy minister responsible for pushing the 2008 Climate Change Act through parliament which resulted in the UK signing up to a mad plague of wind farms across the country that are causing fuel poverty through invidious green taxes."
