By Simon Walters PUBLISHED: 18:46 EST, 4 January 2014 | UPDATED: 18:46 EST, 4 January 2014 A controversial plan for Tory and UKIP supporters to ‘swap votes’ to keep Ed Miliband out of No 10 and ensure Britain gets the chance to leave the European Union has been launched by writer and political campaigner Toby Young. His ‘Country Before Party’ scheme aims to stop UKIP robbing the Tories of the Commons seats they need to defeat Labour in the next Election. Mr Young claims it would give UKIP leader Nigel Farage and a handful of his candidates a chance of winning seats.
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Controversial scheme aims to stop UKIP winning key Conservative seats
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In return Tory voters could help UKIP take their first seats in the Commons
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But polling experts have doubted whether the scheme could work
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