By Sean O'hare Support for Nigel Farage's UKIP has grown from 4.5 per cent to 15 per cent in a year Support for the UK Independence Party (Ukip) has reached a new high of 15 per cent, up from 4.5 per cent last year, according to a new poll. The anti-EU, right-wing populist party's rating has risen by another percentage point in the past fortnight as its fortunes continue to rise, the Opinium survey for The Observer found. The party believes in the right of the people of the UK to govern themselves, 'rather than be governed by unelected bureaucrats in Brussels.'
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Supports grows from 4.5% to 15% in one year
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Support is now almost double that for the Liberal Democrats
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Leader Nigel Farage says Ukip is taking votes from Labour and Tories
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