A further question is then related to Italy: the third Eurozone economy, on the eve of assuming the Presidency of the EU, and with a government led by a young and energetic Matteo Renzi, but lacking an electoral legitimation.

Also, a country that in saw the largest success of an anti-establishment party ever recorded in Europe. This leads to the main questions behind this book. What were electoral outcomes across Europe? Are we observing the first true first-order European elections?

What factors might explain the heterogeneous electoral fortunes of Eurosceptic parties? And how should we interpret the success of the Renzi government in Italy? In the general election, he stood as the "no-hope" Labour candidate in his home town of Maidenhead. Announcing his candidacy on Twitter last Friday, O'Farrell tweeted : "Ed Miliband needs someone in Eastleigh with a track record of winning elections. Despite this I'm going to offer myself as Labour candidate".

After studing English and drama at Exeter University, he moved to London in to pursue a career in stand-up comedy but switched his focus to comedy writing. Before writing four novels, in he published Things Can Only Get Better: Eighteen Miserable Years in the Life of a Labour Supporter, which went on to become a number one best-seller and was nominated for a number of awards.

The Morning Star said that the book was: "Full of humour — often at his own and comrades's expense". A poll last week put the Lib Dems three points down on the Conservatives in the byelection battle. The survey, conducted on February by the former Conservative deputy chairman, Lord Michael Ashcroft, suggests the Lib Dems will have to work hard to save the seat, mainly by clawing back the Labour vote, and chiefly by arguing only they can defeat the Tories.

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