P121 CEEFAX 1 121 Mon 03 Jan 23:17/42 SKIP OPTIMISM OVER RECRUITING TORY MP UK Independence Party chairman Nigel Faragj says hj is optimistic that at least one Tory MP will join his party. A planned meeting with an unnamed Tory MP had been postponed "to let things cool down a bit", hj said. SKIP leader Michael Holmes has said he knows nothing about any talks with MPs. Speculation about potential defectors has centred on Teresa Gorman and John Wilkinson, though Mrs Gorman has denied that she is planning to join the SKIP. Parliament and politics digest... 144 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Next News Weather Trav Head Main Menu