Our freedoms of conscience and association have taken a bit of a beating over the last few years, on both sides of the Atlantic. From florists to bakers, B&B owners, pizza parlours, more bakers, even whole states, the redefinition of
If the UKIP vote is anything, it is unpredictable. With the election tomorrow, only one thing is certain – no party will do worse out of the First Past The Post (FPTP) system than UKIP. Between 11 and 15 per
LANCASTER, United Kingdom – The Conservatives and Labour are still tied as the election enters its final 48 hours, forcing party leaders to redouble their efforts to break the deadlock. The latest YouGov survey for The Sun put the Conservatives
Who are you going to vote for on Thursday? For me, it’s a real toughie. My local Conservative candidate Chris Heaton Harris is both a personal friend and exactly the kind of principled and sound candidate I’d like to see
Today’s poll by Lord Ashcroft has once again put the Conservatives ahead of UKIP in South Thanet. Nigel Farage is now two points behind Tory candidate Craig Mackinlay and if that margin holds he will fail in his bid for
UKIP has pledged legal protection for workers who refuse to condone sex-same marriage. In its “Christian manifesto” the party said it would introduce a conscience clause to give “reasonable accommodation” to those “expressing a religious conscience in the workplace on
The Labour and Conservative candidates in Thanet South have united to demand that UKIP not be allowed to break their “great love”. The two parties wheeled out their candidates, to hold a leaflet smearing UKIP, and to repeat an unsubstantiated
UKIP could be in line for a £5m taxpayer-funded windfall following the general election. The ‘Short Money’ is paid by the House of Commons to every opposition party to compensate them for not having departmental staff to call on in
UKIP is set to take the seat of Thurrock from the Conservatives at next month’s general election as a new poll puts the party four points ahead of Labour, with the Tories in third place. The latest Lord Ashcroft polling
If the general election were decided by Google searches rather than votes, Nigel Farage would already be measuring up for curtains in Number 10. The Eurosceptic party has driven four times more internet traffic than any of the other parties
Yesterday evening UKIP leader Nigel Farage endured quite possibly the most brutal and malign encounter of his entire political career: an interview with a top BBC man so grotesquely unjust, so nakedly biased that I’m surprised Farage didn’t walk out
The BBC should be “cut back to the bone”, Nigel Farage has told reporters during a walkabout in Kent. The UKIP leader said the license fee should be roughly a third of its current level, bringing it down from £145.50
UKIP has been forced to deny persistent rumours Nigel Farage is suffering from burnout. The latest claims come from Dan Hodges in the Daily Telegraph, the Labour blogger said Farage “is fading away without a fight” and that his “magic
The BBC’s Daily Politics has just staged a party political debate on energy and climate change. It was every bit as awful as you would have expected: four politicians (Labour; Conservative; Green; Lib Dems) spouting pure, unadulterated drivel; one talking
Nigel Farage has launched an attack on Ed Miliband, claiming the Labour leader is the “greatest spokesman for multi-national business” and that UKIP speaks for working class people. The comments came as rumours spread that UKIP possess secret polling showing
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has blamed the “fanaticism” of David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy for the boat death crisis currently taking place in the Mediterranean, saying that the bombing of Libya destabilized the country, allowing trafficking gangs to flourish. More
Nigel Farage and UKIP are facing their “biggest political challenge yet” after the seat of Thanet South became the most contested single seat in a British General Election. Party officials at UKIP and the Conservatives confirmed they have visited each
We all know UKIP wants to leave the European Union and David Cameron has begrudgingly promised the Conservatives will hold an In / Out Referendum on Britain’s EU membership. But aside from this, what are the EU policies of the other parties? In
The Tory treasury minister, Andrea Leadsom, has accused the BBC of bias over the selection of the audience at the opposition leaders’ TV debate. Nigel Farage was widely booed and heckled from an audience that the BBC conceded was “mostly” from
Nigel Farage is set to win the five-way ‘challengers’ debate tonight, according to leading political spread betting firm Sporting Index. Most polls put the UKIP leader as joint winner of the previous all-party debate, and is expected to benefit from the absence
A Liberal Democrat attack website has caused celebrations on the political right after it suggested the Conservatives form a coalition with UKIP and the DUP. The BLUKIP page says Cameron may want Farage as Deputy Prime Minister and Douglas Carswell
A UKIP candidate called Islam a “cult of evil” when he was commenting on reports that members of the religion had “infiltrated” the Labour Party. Steve Latham, who is running in West Bromwich East, is now to be investigated by
It was slightly disappointing that Nigel Farage declined the challenge to a duel with swords issued by the Polish Prince Janek Zylinski, over the (inaccurately) perceived insult to Poles in his remarks about immigration. The best response would have been
Labour supporters look to be panicking in the constituency of Great Grimsby as both Unite and Unison have joined forces with Hope Not Hate for an anti-UKIP campaigning day. Staff from the unions, which donate millions to Labour, have sent
Persecuted Christians in Lahore, Pakistan have been praying for election success in next month’s polls – for Nigel Farage and Ukip. Despite a British media narrative portraying Ukip as a party of bigots and racists, the congregation of Royal Disciple
