UKIP leader Nigel Farage has today spoken out against former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s comments on the present situation in Iraq and Syria. In recent days the former Labour Party leader has claimed that a failure to intervene in Syria
Residents of a South Yorkshire village have reported being “terrorised” by a large influx of Roma migrants, and have warned that “blood will be spilt” unless police step in. The Express reports that the number of Roma in the village
Britain’s UK Independence Party (UKIP) may have dodged a bullet fired by the Conservatives straight at Nigel Farage. Members of Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement, the Italian anti-establishment, anti-EU party, voted to have their 17 members in the European Parliament
Britain’s Labour Party is failing to make inroads into the marginal seats it needs to win the next election according to analysis by the sympathetic Fabian Society, reported in today’s Sun. Of the 106 seats needed to propel Ed Miliband to
After the triumph, the tragedy — or at least the stupidity: last month Marine Le Pen and her anti-establishment Front National topped the polls in the elections to the European Parliament, pushing the ruling Socialist party into third place and
EASTBOURNE, East Sussex, United Kingdom – Saturday saw the third Annual UKIP South East Conference at the Winter Gardens in Eastbourne. The exterior maybe be tired and peeling, but this was in contrast to the fresh coat of emulsion that
A report leaked to the British Tory press that Jean-Claude Juncker, the frontrunner to be the next president of the European Commission, was “dead drunk,” vulgar and aggressive in a meeting in 2007 when he was prime minister of Luxembourg raises
Andrew Lansley, the Leader of the House of Commons, has had his path cleared for an appointment to the European Commission by the Conservatives comfortable by-election win in Newark. Before the by-election the stumbling block to his appointment had been
Conservatives held Newark in Thursday’s by-election with 17,431 votes, UKIP were in second place with 10,028. The Liberal Democrats sank from second in the 2010 General Election to sixth, behind Labour, the Greens and an independent. Whilst the result was
Conservative MEPs have succeeded in poaching enough of Nigel Farage’s old Continental allies at the European Parliament to be able to brag that they are going to belong to a bigger group in the assembly than UKIP. But other than
One of the biggest omissions in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech was plans for plain packaging for cigarettes. Although Westminster insiders told me Labour were keen for its inclusion, a more circumspect Coalition may have chosen to avoid the issue. Both the
Today is the Newark by-election and however well UKIP and its candidate Roger Helmer do in their attempts to overturn the Conservatives’ vast majority, one thing is clear: UKIP are now well past the stage when they can be dismissed
The Daily Mirror, part of the left-wing Trinity Mirror newspaper group, has smeared UKIP leader Nigel Farage following a picture of him with a “blonde woman” in a Malta hotel. The Mirror story is clearly weighted so that readers will
Tonight eurosceptics at the European Parliament are in turmoil as reports circulate that Beppe Grillo, leader of the Italian Five Star Movement with 17 MEPs, may be back-peddling on a deal to join Nigel Farage and UKIP in a political
Stopping immigration would mean British women would have to have “a lot of children very quickly” to keep the economy afloat, according to a Labour MP. Stella Creasy, the Labour & Co-operative MP for Walthamstow, said that Britain either needs
Following its stunning victory in the European elections, Britain’s anti-EU party is targeting a first parliamentary seat, starting with Thursday’s by-election in central England. The prospect of a UKIP victory in the market town of Newark is sowing panic among
Spare a thought for the people of Newark. Honest, unassuming members of Middle England, the population of this quiet, peaceful market town have had to endure the loud whirring of the Tory machine waking them up in the morning for
The Conservatives are expected to win the Newark by-election on Thursday despite recent UKIP successes and surge in popularity. The poll conducted by Tory donor Lord Ashcroft suggests Robert Jenrick will hold the seat for the Conservatives with 42 percent
UKIP is a racist party. UKIP is a single issue, protest party which is both a ‘one man band’ and coalition of fruitcakes and loonies. It is a party of disillusioned Tories. Of non-voters. Of working class types. It is
Tony Blair may now be looking for a top unelected position among the lushly-paid euro-elite. The former prime minister, who is said to be worth £70m from the business interests he has taken on since leaving Number 10, “offered his
The Newark by-election, set to take place on Thursday of this coming week, may actually a ‘neck and neck’ race according to one polling expert. Despite polls showing a Tory lead of around 8 points, Mike Smithson of the PoliticalBetting
Footballer Joey Barton, who will appear on tonight’s BBC Question Time, has praised the UK Independence Party and said that its rise is due to the Conservative Party’s failure to “get its act together”. The Queens Park Rangers player who
Labour leader Ed Miliband has gone to further lengths to prove how out of touch he is with the British voting public – this time by declaring that he doesn’t read much British news. In a bizarre statement reported by
