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  Should David Cameron be worried about Tory MPs defecting to Ukip?
  
  There are hints that some Conservative MPs may switch allegiance if the prime minister doesn't
  
  get tougher. Who are the likely candidates?
  
  Nadine Dorries, everyone's favourite tip for defection before she got the Tory whip back. Features
  
  Naughty Tory backbenchers! Eurosceptic Gollums such as Bernard Jenkin ("my precious referendumses")
  
  have been adding to Nigel Lawson's pressure on David Cameron for an in/out ballot by dropping
  
  unsubtle hints that colleagues may start defecting to Ukip if Dave doesn't get tougher. It is a well-tried
  
  destabilising ploy from the Alastair Campbell handbook. But could it actually happen?
  
  Blogger Guido Fawkes put up a runners and riders list last month. It included everyone's favourite tip,
  
  Nadine Dorries, because she a) is flakey b) loves publicity c) had the Tory whip removed for her
  
  defection to reality TV d) has a safe seat and e) is noisily Eurosceptic. It won't happen now.
  
  Last night the nervous nellies restored the Tory whip.

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