England cricket legend Graham Thorpe, capped a hundred times, isn’t convinced by his fellow countrymen Darren Gough and Andrew Strauss’ support for the Tories. As Guido revealed in yesterday’s Sun, Thorpe recently signed a fan’s England shirt “UKIP all the way!” A new kind of barmy army for Graham.

And it turns out Nick v Nigel is just the first round. UKIP will be parking their tanks on Clegg’s front lawn by holding their party conference next year smack bang in the middle of his Sheffield constituency. Popcorn…