Good morning. You are watching the pulse. I am guy johnson. Francine lacqua not here today. She will be back on monday. Mark reckless of the u. K. Independent party has claimed a victory in the rochester parliamentary by election. Maybe a slightly bigger win was anticipated. , he madectory speech the point that ukip is gathering momentum. I wish i had the words to say how grateful i am. This is your victory. If we can win here, we can win across the country. If you vote ukip, you get you cap. Get ukip. Rec list affected to you cap from the conservative party. The chancesraises that more mps could make the same move. Speaking earlier this morning, ukip leader nigel farage praised reckless. These men have left the conservative party and had the necksge to put their on the line by forcing by elections. The kind of behavior we havent seen in british politics for half a century. Nigel farage speaking to anna edwards earlier. Rob hutton joins us on the phone from rochester. Good morning to y