In an outburst somewhere between petulance and delusion, France’s economy and industry minister has said his country would be ready to “roll out the red carpet” for British investors if the UK voted to leave the EU. The socialist minister
Just days after losing his European Parliamentary seat, Martin Callanan has been tipped to be the next British appointment to the European Commission. The North-Easterner was leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) at the European Parliament until he
Two weeks ago on Breitbart London I took a look at what the European elections would mean for each party leader For Nigel Farage it was a case of win or die, and he won. David Cameron never had a
Even before the count started on Britain’s elections to the European Parliament, it appears David Cameron’s Conservative Party may have been trying to poach some of UKIP’s allies at the assembly. The eurosceptic Danish People’s Party (DPP), which tonight appears
Three Conservative MPs last night called for an electoral deal between their party and UKIP at the next General Election to prevent a split in the anti-EU right-wing vote. Douglas Carswell, Peter Bone and Jacob Rees-Mogg said that such a
The three main political parties of British politics faced a disappointing night at the local elections after the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) made gains right across the board. As results from 161 of the local authorities in Britain continue
1. UKIP are not just the “Conservative party in exile.” Some of their most significant winnings have been in the industrial north, in towns like Rotherham. Like Margaret Thatcher they have galvanised the working classes – see also their success
In what looks like a calculated outburst on the eve of the elections to the European Parliament, Nicholas Sarkozy, the former president of France, has called for half the powers of the European Union to be abolished and seized back
A British Member of the European Parliament has claimed that Prime Minister David Cameron warned Spain that if it did not stop bullying Gibraltar the UK would “make sure” Madrid did not get the 2020 Olympic Games. According to the
Conservatives are facing embarrassment because their group may not be big enough to be recognised after the European elections on Thursday, according to the Independent. The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) were created when David Cameron pledged to walk out
For the Westminster elite it is just about the worst thing you can call someone; short of a paedophile or a murderer. “Nigel Farage is a racist,” said Labour MP David Lammy yesterday. Then came Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper:
An opinion poll out at the weekend could mean disappointment for the German socialist euro-fanatic Martin Schulz who wants to be the next president of the European Commission. A TNS poll reported in EU Observer shows that the centre-right parties
The Coalition has been branded a “zombie government” for taking an early break this week, apparently on the grounds of having insufficient new bills to debate. According to Shadow Commons leader Angela Eagle, it’s a sign that “this government hasn’t
Former Conservative Party vice-chairman Michael Fabricant has said that he warned Prime Minister David Cameron and the party leadership about the rise of UKIP, but was repeatedly ignored. In an interview with the local Express & Star newspaper, the Litchfield
Breitbart News had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Nile Gardiner to discuss the UK Independence Party (UKIP), British-American Relations, and the Conservative movement. Gardiner is Director of the Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center For Freedom. He is a
Gillian Duffy, whose encounter with former Prime Minister Gordon Brown led to him making one of the worst campaign gaffes in recent British political history, has criticised Labour Party leader Ed Miliband as too “privileged”, and said the party needs
When is a rape not a rape? When it’s a metaphor, of course. Everyone knows this. Anyone with half a brain and an ounce of sense, at least. They know, say, that when your victorious village rugger team boasts down
With one week to go before the European elections, each party leader will suffering from a differing degree of nerves. David Cameron will be the most relaxed. The Conservative spin machine has managed expectations well; if the party were to
President Mahmoud Abbas visited David Cameron in Downing Street this week. Discussions are said to have hinged on the Middle East Peace Process, but one wonders whether the PM raised the new Anti-Defamation League report that shows that after decades
A prominent health campaign group has expressed its concern at the poor English skills of immigrant nurses working for the National Health Service (NHS), saying that they put patients at greater risk of mistakes being made. The Patients’ Association, who
The boss of a pro-European investment firm has said that UKIP winning the European election will have no impact on markets because the party is just a “protest”. Stuart Mitchell from SWMC European Fund also said the debate had not
In a speech delivered last night, Tory MP David Nuttall urged that Britain would be ‘better off out’ of the European Union, and claimed that David Cameron would simply try to tweak around with European renegotiation and try to sell
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron and Mayor of London Boris Johnson rushed to help woman who had collapsed in North London on their way to a campaign event yesterday. The patient, who was in her 20s, was comforted by the
Nick Clegg is “self obsessed, dishonest and revolting”. So says Education Secretary Michael Gove’s former special adviser Dominic Cummings, and I doubt there are many here present who would disagree with that assessment – except perhaps to say that it
The Scottish National Party (SNP) has become embroiled in a racism row after one of its student leaders called Prime Minister David Cameron an “English twat”. Roisin McLaren, president of Edinburgh University SNP, said that David Cameron’s pleas to save
Though anti-EU outsiders UKIP might top the polls at the European Parliament elections in Britain, a eurosceptic streak runs through all the mainstream parties they stand against. The United Kingdom Independence Party of Nigel Farage, which is fixed on getting
Britain’s pro-hunting group ‘Vote-OK’ believes its intervention at the 2015 General Election would deliver a win for the Conservatives, according to the Express. The group claimed to have been the decisive factor in 36 Conservative gains at the last election, which
David Cameron has indicated in an interview with the BBC that he would be willing to allow Nigel Farage to join the TV debates before the General Election as long as the Green Party leader also came. He also proposed
Six in 10 Europeans are not interested in the European Elections, according to a new poll. The findings come despite a desperate attempt by EU bosses to make the elections seem more “relevant” and “exciting”. The survey, conducted by Ipsos-Mori,
Prime Minister David Cameron has told friends that he will not resign if Scotland votes for independence in September, despite senior party members warning that it would plunge his premiership into crisis. The Prime Minister has previously not stated what
The Conservative Party sits dazed, confused and undecided, at a crossroads. Despite pulling the decimated British economy from the ashes, the Party is on course to come third in the European Elections this month. In the last ten years it
David Cameron has waded into the increasingly acrimonious battle over the publication of the report into the war on Iraq according to the Mail. The report by Sir John Chilcot has suffered multiple delays to its publication, and there are
Planning Minister Nick Boles has been asked to apologise to a Conservative MP for “costing him his seat” at the next General Election. Addressing members of the public in Leonard Stanley, Gloucestershire, Mr Boles was confronted by a life-long Conservative
Seven out of ten Conservative Party members believe the Church of England is left-wing, according to a study by Conservative Home. The poll comes after a series of highly political acts by the Church leadership including an incident in February when
Labour leader Ed Miliband has refused to debate UKIP leader Nigel Farage before the European elections after squirming around the challenge on this morning’s BBC Sunday Politics show. Farage, reflecting on Prime Minister David Cameron’s hint that he might engage
Prime Minister David Cameron is reported to have given the most clear sign yet that he is willing to debate UKIP leader Nigel Farage on the run-up to Britain’s General Election in May 2015. The Sunday Times reports (£) that
Former Conservative Party MP and Times of London columnist Matthew Parris has today issued a plea to embattled Tory activists to “Fight Ukip. Fight their lies. Fight them now”. Parris doesn’t seem to mind telling some fibs of his own
Since the beginning of the European elections campaign, not a day has passed without some vicious new assault in the media on UKIP. But as we’ve seen, far from denting UKIP’s popularity in the polls all this free publicity –
A parliamentary committee has called for Britain to cut foreign aid payments to Pakistan unless there is “clear evidence” it is helping reduce Islamist extremism in the country. The Commons International Development Committee said that there was little evidence massive
A third of Conservative Party members could vote for the UK Independence Party at the forthcoming European Elections, with many not coming back, according to a new study. The research found that Conservative activists most attracted to UKIP are the
