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Writing in the Guardian today, academics Robert Ford and Matthew Goodwin ask three key questions that UKIP should answer, and may well answer by the party’s performance in the May 22nd European and local elections in Britain.  Ford and Goodwin,

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

A long-time Conservative Party activist last night came under fire on Twitter for claiming that “every single Muslim should be expelled” from the United Kingdom. Stephen Lees, who describes himself on Twitter as a Tory, is the former Secretary of

Shamed PR guru Max Clifford has been sentenced to eight years in prison at Southwark Crown Court for a string of indecent assaults. He was found guilty of the offences on Monday, after eight days of deliberations by the jury. 

UKIP is yet to select a candidate for the Newark by-election following the news that Tory Patrick Mercer would be standing down following a lobbying investigation. While Nigel Farage has ruled himself out, the party has a number of other

Would-be Conservative MP for Bath Ben Howlett is facing pressure to stand down after it emerged that one of his admired politicians Gerry Adams was taken into questioning over murder.  At a private meeting in 2010 Mr Howlett was asked

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

It was only a matter of time before Breitbart London got its very own hit-piece in the Guardian. We naturally take Nafeez Ahmed’s article as a great compliment, even if it’s a little soft on us as James Delingpole put

Britain’s Work and Pensions Minister and former leader of the Conservative Party Iain Duncan Smith has said that the Conservative Party could “confound the polls” on May 22nd, and said that Conservative voters are becoming increasingly wary given reports that

UKIP have accused the mainstream parties of a “dirty tricks” campaign following reports in Portsmouth News that Nigel Farage was banned from posing for photos outside Portsmouth Guildhall by the Liberal Democrat run council. The Council threw the UKIP leader

Prime Minister David Cameron has said that he will resign if he cannot deliver a referendum on Britain’s EU membership by 2017. He made the pledge during a conference call with party activists yesterday, during which one supporter told him

The Sun newspaper this morning published an ‘interview’ with UKIP Member of the European Parliament Roger Helmer, claiming that Helmer said that it should be okay to ‘despise’ gays. But the paper has come under fire as Helmer today hit

New evidence of a concerted ‘establishment’ attack against UKIP has come to light following the announcement of a ‘cross party’ campaign to brand Nigel Farage’s party ‘racist’. The Migration Matters Trust, an organisation which boasts leadership from the Conservative, Liberal

Quite the most dispiriting article I’ve read in a very long time is this one by Iain Martin arguing that if Scotland votes “Yes” to independence in September’s referendum then David Cameron will still get to stay as Prime Minister.

A new poll for the Sunday Times by YouGov shows the UK Independence Party “surging” into first place in the European Elections, with 31 percent of Brits now saying they will back Nigel Farage’s Eurosceptic party on May 22nd. The

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has accused Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron of sounding like his echo, copying his long-standing policies in order to win back the electorate. Farage, who has long advocated traditional values, a reduction to immigration, and a

A secret memo has been passed around top members of the coalition, including the Prime Minister and his deputy Nick Clegg, outlining what kind of political heavyweight needs to be appointed as Britain’s next European Commissioner. The Number 10 memo

The Conservative Party’s election strategist Lynton Crosby could be given a knighthood as a reward for his services to the party, as he prepares to bow out of Britain next year. It is understood that the election guru, who has

The British public has spoken again, and to no one’s surprise it seems the political and media establishments are out of touch/out of step/out of order or whatever the current phrase is… its all about those famous UKIP posters. While

Britain’s Labour Party will set-up a political “attack unit” to hit back at Conservative Party criticism of their leader, similar to the one created by Barack Obama in 2012. The Independent reports that the party is preparing for a “dirty war”

In a Europe now seething with discontent, it is hard to spot a more popular democratic politician than Scottish Nationalist leader Alex Salmond. He has the ability, stamina and ruthlessness which are now in short supply in a political class

One in three former Conservative Party voters will opt for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in May’s upcoming European elections, according to a new poll from the Sunday Telegraph. The ICM national polling has revealed that UKIP is likely to

A little reported study was published this week by Gavin Barwell MP, investigating why the Conservative Party has such little support among ethnic minority communities. It found that minority groups perceived the Conservative Party to be, among other things, anti-religious. Two

Ed Miliband’s newest strategic advisor David Axelrod has previously campaigned for energy price hikes – a fact that will no doubt embarrass the Miliband team with his ‘freeze energy prices’ policy. Axelrod – who was the head honcho in Barack

Leading Conservative Member of the European Parliament Daniel Hannan has taken to his Telegraph blog to insist that European Anti-Fraud authorities will not find against UKIP leader Nigel Farage, implying that the Times and others reporting on the issue simply

Leading Conservative Party figures, working with Times newspaper journalists, have thrown the gauntlet down before the UK Independence Party ahead of the European Elections next month. UKIP hit back following yesterday’s story by the Times that its leader Nigel Farage

Within minutes of Nigel Evans being found not guilty I was bombarded with messages from bag-carriers, researchers and activists who work in Westminster. A young parliamentary aide predicts that “there is still a huge scandal to come”, naming a Tory

A former Tory staffer who gave evidence against Nigel Evans has claimed that drinking and sleaze is out of control at Westminster, according the the Daily Mail. The 35 year old, who is the infamous ‘reluctant’ alleged victim of Nigel

The House of Common’s expenses watchdog is set to investigation allegations that the taxpayer indirectly funded a gay sex party at 2011 Conservative Party Conference. The party that was advertised on the gay networking application grindr and is said to

A Tory MP has warned that Britain’s navy is now so small that it may not be able to protect key shipping lanes. James Arbuthnot, outgoing chairman of the Commons Defence Committee, condemned the government’s defence policy, which has seen

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has equalled their best ever poll result of 15 percent, in an Ipsos Mori survey conducted during the Maria Miller expenses scandal. Amongst the four main party leaders Nigel Farage had the highest personal rating

British Prime Minister David Cameron has claimed he is continuing the work of Jesus Christ, after stating that the Christian prophet “invented the Big Society” – the name of Cameron’s flagship policy. Cameron’s words came just hours after he accepted

Tory backbenchers first smelled, then tasted blood over the Maria Miller episode. Like that scene in Anchorman 2 (yes, I’ve seen it) where Ron Burgundy bottle-feeds a baby shark, David Cameron and Number 10 failed to realise the danger before

After watching PMQs today I felt I needed a bit of culture, so I decided to listen to the first 32-seconds of the song Maria by Blondie: “She moves like she don’t care, smooth as silk, cool as air, ooh it makes

Alexandra Swann, dubbed the ‘future face’ of UKIP has hit back after a string of media outlets suggested she had walked out of UKIP over its stance on immigration. Miss Swann, who has spoken exclusively on the issue to Breitbart

A poll commissioned by Breitbart London and Conservative Grassroots has revealed that a majority of British voters think that Cabinet Minister Maria Miller is the “worst example of MPs’ behaviour since the expenses scandal of 2009” – a damning verdict