MEPs today approved the new Juncker Commission in Strasbourg by 423 votes in favour, 209 against and 67 abstentions. The 28 men and women will take up their posts on 1st November, subject to approval by the Heads of States
Former DJ Mike Read has asked that the song he wrote in support of UKIP be withdrawn after being inundated with complaints that it was racist. The UKIP Calypso song is sung in a mock Caribbean accent and praises UKIP
The anti-EU UK Independence Party released an anthem on Monday which became the number one downloaded song on Amazon.co.uk. Recorded by former Radio 1 DJ Mike Read, the Afro-Carribean style “UKIP Calypso” by The Independents praises the anti-immigration party and
When David Cameron promised last week that he would have “one last go” at securing curbs on immigration from within the European Union, he knew his rhetoric stood little chance of success. Days later, the President of the European Commission
The other day on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions, I made a point which unfortunately went right over the heads of my booing audience. It had to do with the way lefties like my fellow panelists Chuka Umunna MP and
Breitbart London can exclusively reveal that the EFDD group has signed up a new member which allows them to meet the European Parliament’s minimum requirements. Robert Iwaszkiewicz has been confirmed by senior UKIP figures as joining the Eurosceptic group. The
Jose Manuel Barroso has said the concerns of UK citizens towards the European Union merit a “substantive response”. In a speech at Chatham House, the Portuguese politician who was at the helm of the European Union for ten years sought
Prime Minister David Cameron’s hopes of being able to secure changes to the EU’s freedom of movement rules have taken a blow today after the outgoing European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told the BBC’s Andrew Marr show: “Any kind
The news of UKIP’s first elected MP, the probably election of it’s second in the coming weeks, and a nail bitingly close result in a Labour stronghold have once again turned all eyes on Nigel Farage, the insurgent party’s mercurial
So the Labour Party has walked out of the cross party talks on constitutional reform this week, but I don’t think it really came as shock to anyone. They are in a spin about how to deal with the new
As the UKIP bandwagon rolls on, the prospect of UKIP holding the balance of power in the 2015 general election is becoming less and less impossible. Estimates of the numbers of UKIP MPs who could be sitting in Parliament in
It hasn’t been the easiest few months for David Cameron: he lost a national election to a party he dismissed as ‘fruitcakes, loonies and closest racists’ quickly followed by the departure of two of his popular MPs to the same
According to Health Minister Lord Darzi, smoking should be banned in London’s outdoor areas, making it the most smoke-free city in the world. While he’s at it, he also wants to ban fast food outlets from opening within 400-metres of
Another day, another “full and unreserved apology” forced on someone in the public eye by the leftist Offence Police. This time the mea maxima culpa comes from a minor government minister called Lord Freud who, apparently, has been caught out
A new poll published by IPSOS-Mori today shows that since UKIP won its first seat in the Houses of Parliament, the attitude towards them as a legitimate political party has drastically shifted in their favour – with more people than
The date for the Rochester and Strood by-election has been set for the 20th November 2014, just over one month from now. The poll came about because of the defection of Mark Reckless to UKIP, the MP followed Douglas Carswell’s
The UKIP fox, as they love to tell us, is well and truly in the Westminster hen house. Of course there is one group of people for whom killing foxes is a favourite pastime: Tories. It will not be an
Former Member of the European Parliament Godfrey Bloom is set to resign from the UK Independence Party following what Breitbart London understands has been a long-term decline in the working relationship between him and the party since his resignation from
Douglas Carswell, UKIP’s newly elected MP, has suggested the next defector to the party will be from Labour, according to the Sunday Times. He claimed to have had a discussion with an unnamed Labour MP on Friday morning and they discussed
UK broadcasters have proposed a series of three leaders debates in the run up to the general election. They want to have one with just Ed Miliband and David Cameron, then a second with Nick Clegg as well, and a
The scandal-rocked former Conservative Minister for Civil Society, Brooks Newmark MP, has today announced that he will not seek re-election in Braintree in May next year following a fresh new scandal set to be reported by the Sun on Sunday
Over the past few weeks Nigel Farage has regularly described Douglas Carswell’s defection and resignation as “the most selfless political act” he had ever seen. But even acts of selflessness can come with benefits, today Breitbart London reviews the game
CLACTON-UPON-SEA, United Kingdom — The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) tonight took its first elected seat in the House of Commons following Douglas Carswell’s stunning defection and by-election in the Essex seat of Clacton-Upon-Sea. Shortly after the Heywood and Middleton
