Conversation re Conservative candidate with UKIP endorsement is right wing version of the same proposal by Nick Boles with Lib Dems

— Nadine Dorries (@NadineDorriesMP) May 15, 2013

Tories are pointing out that Nadine’s plan to stand as a joint Tory/UKIP candidate at the next election is not going to happen and that she is being very naughty.

Guido recalls that the outrage was a lot quieter when Nick Boles made a similar point back in the more optimistic golden days of the Coalition.

He even wrote a book suggesting a formal pact.

All be it with the LibDems…