The political glue that holds any new, insurgent party like UKIP together is the people. Money and resources of course help. But ultimately UKIP’s rise has been caused by thousands and thousands of people who are joining, campaigning and helping
One of the constants in British politics seems to be how nasty those who accuse others of being “extremists” often come across. Just look at the abuse that Nigel Farage has taken in the European Parliament. He’s been called mad,
With the first Tory MP having defected to UKIP in Douglas Carswell and many others now bailing out of the 2015 fight altogether, the Conservative Party appears to increasingly resemble a nervous wreck and David Cameron seems to be losing
Figures released yesterday showed this. You may have missed them though – they went widely unreported. They once again shattered the hollow words from Cameron’s Conservative Party who once vowed to bring net migration down to “tens of thousands per
Run, run as fast as you can? It would seem that despite the dismissive tough talking of some Conservatives, those on the frontline against UKIP are collectively bottling it. Mark Simmonds yesterday announced that he is to step down from
And so the merry-go-round of politicians goes. From a career of success and ambition to rejection and ejection by the Great British public… to the House of Lords, it now seems. Wait a second – wasn’t this chamber meant to
Murder and turmoil continues to haunt the Middle East today as the Islamic State (formerly ISIS) continues to butcher its way across Iraq. The Islamic State has now taken Qaraqosh, Iraq’s largest Christian town, sending even more Christians fleeing for
If anyone took the media caricatures of UKIP seriously – and the numbers suggest not many voters did – then UKIP’s new batch of MEPs would likely comprise of a ragtag of three-headed monsters with obsessive tendencies. Instead, the party
Nothing illustrates the utter delusion of the Conservative Party more than their recent bid to re-brand as the “workers’ party”. Having finally realised that chasing green-loving hipsters in the name of Cameroonism wasn’t a winner, the Tories have launched a
