Ukip's rise in the east of England: a world turned upside down – video

In the first of a new four-part series titled Britain's in trouble, John Harris travels around Ukip's eastern heartlands and finds poverty, anger and the breakdown of normal politics. From the forgotten residents of Jaywick, England's poorest council ward, to an encounter with Nigel Farage at the Royal British Legion, he finds out how a force made up largely of Tory exiles has managed to style itself as a party for the working class

Incidental music: Arcane Empire by the Ramsgate Hovercraft

Could Wales follow Scotland on the road to independence? – video

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