Both British Prime Minister David Cameron and UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage have refused to rule out a deal between the Conservatives and the UKIP after the next election.
The prime minister was twice asked whether he would ever align with the UKIP in a coalition on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show, but each time dodged the question.
Cameron said he would not comment on any potential coalition combinations before the election.
He also declined to be rude about the UKIP’s policies, as he would with Labour and the Liberal Democrats, merely saying some of the anti-EU party’s members held some “extraordinary” views.
“We see day after day, week after week they were having to expel people because they have said appalling things about different sorts of people and people who choose different lifestyles, people who think that gay marriage caused floods,” he said. “They have clearly got some issues, but what I choose to focus on is the positive vision that I’ve got for the future of our country and the real choice.”
Farage also declined to rule out a deal with the Tories, while rejecting any sort of alliance with Labour or the Scottish National Party.
Asked about working with Cameron on Sky News’ Murnaghan, he said: “I think we’re jumping the gun a bit here. I don’t think anybody knows what’s going to happen in this general election. It’s the most open general election in decades, so we are running a bit ahead of ourselves here.”
This is a change in tone from previous interviews, in which Farage has said he would not work with Cameron, who once called the UKIP a bunch of “fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists.”
However, at other times, Farage has said he would make a deal with the devil if it meant getting the UK out of the EU.
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