Conservative MP Douglas Carswell Defects To UKIP

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 28: Nigel Farage (R), the Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), leaves a press conference in Westminster after Member of Parliament Douglas Carswell announced he is switching from the Conservative party to UKIP on August 28, 2014 in London, England. Mr Carswell, the MP for Clacton who holds Eurosceptic views, has resigned as an MP and will contest the subsequent by-election for UKIP. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)