ASSESSMENTS

Cameron Fails By-Election Test

Nov 21, 2014 | 19:36 GMT

Cameron Fails By-Election Test
U.K. Independence Party leader Nigel Farage (L) stands with Mark Reckless outside the party's office in Rochester, England, on Oct. 17.

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Summary

In early November, Stratfor wrote that British Prime Minister David Cameron would face three major hurdles during the month. The Rochester by-election on Nov. 20, which saw the victory of the U.K. Independence Party's Mark Reckless over David Cameron's Conservative Party candidate, was the third and last. So, it is time for an assessment of his performance.

The electoral defeat of the prime minister's party in Rochester shows weakness heading into May 2015 elections and the rise of UKIP's political prominence....

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