Question time on Thursday
With the General Election fast approaching, Nigel Farage will be on Question Time this week from Middlesbrough.
Question Time can be seen live on Thursday at 10.35pm on BBC One. It is repeated on BBC Parliament at 6pm on Sunday.
UKIP Chairman Paul Nuttall was on Radio 4’s Any Questions on Friday – if you missed this, you can hear it on ‘Listen Again’ at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qldxz.
Looking forward to seeing Nigel wipe the floor with the rest of the panel!!
I recommend anyone...
Posted by UKIP on 03 11th, 2010
Health experts demand EU d...
Medical experts today followed UKIP in calling for EU regulations to be changed so that doctors coming to practise in the UK can be properly assessed.Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of the General Medical Council, has written to health trusts to explain how there is a "gaping hole" in the registration system for doctors coming to work in the UK from EU member states. Currently such doctors do face less...
Posted by John Bufton MEP on 03 11th, 2010
ICE WAR!...
When the Arctic started to change shape, Russian explorers managed to navigate a submarine 4,200m below the North Pole where they planted their countries National Flag, reinforcing Moscow's claims to the Arctic. In an angry retort Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay told Canadian TV "This isn't the 15th Century. You can't go around the world and just plant flags and say "We're claiming this territory"."Why...
Posted by Paul Nuttall on 03 11th, 2010
Landlord Selected as Candi...
Lancashire landlord Nick Hogan has been selected as parliamentary candidate for Chorley by the UK Independence Party.
Mr Hogan, 43, was released early from prison yesterday after his fines for allowing customers to smile in his bars were paid by supporters who sent in donations from all over the world.
UKIP has always supported Mr Hogan, from Chorley, on the grounds of freedom to choose, and today...
Posted by UKIP on 03 11th, 2010
Bloom attacks flaws in EU&...
Eurocratic plans to introduce a wide-ranging, one-size-fits-all European tax system moved a step closer yesterday when MEPs voted to introduce a so-called ‘Tobin tax’ on transactions between banks.The new tax, which will be levied directly by Brussels, will take a proportion of the profit made every time European banks engage in a transaction with each other. MEPs voted 536 to 80 in favour...
Posted by Paul Nuttall on 03 11th, 2010
Fly Her To The Moon...
Euro MP Paul Nuttall has told Baroness Ashton that “most people would like her to fly to the moon.”
In a spirited speech in the European Parliament in Strasbourg today Mr Nuttall told Lady Ashton, the EU’s foreign minister, that he wanted to “speak frankly to her as one Lancastrian to another.”
“It is just not going very well indeed, is it? Earlier on you that Europe needs a credible foreign...
Posted by UKIP on 03 11th, 2010
Voters need a choice on EU...
UKIP’s parliamentary candidate for Buckingham, Nigel Farage, yesterday slammed the Tory position on Europe and bemoaned the lack of choice facing the electorate at the forthcoming general election.His comments come after shadow foreign secretary William Hague said in a speech to the Royal United Services Institute in London that the Conservatives want to play a leading role in the EU, which he...
Posted by UKIP on 03 10th, 2010
UKIP welcome landlord̵...
UKIP has welcomed the release from prison of Chorley pub landlord Nick Hogan who had been jailed for non-payment of fines levied against him for allowing two pensioners to smoke in his bar.Hogan, who was sentenced to six months, was released after his £10,000 fine was paid with donations from the online community which flocked to his support.
UKIP spokesman Nigel Farage said: "We are delighted...
Posted by UKIP on 03 10th, 2010
The MEP for Wales tells vo...
John Bufton explains the immigration problem facing the UK and the steps UKIP will take to solve it.
Posted by UKIP on 03 10th, 2010
Immigration is key to elec...
British voters say immigration will be a key issue in the 2010 general election, with none of the main political parties offering a real solution, according to a Daily Express survey. According to the survey, 69% of voters feel immigration has had a negative effect on society generally by putting extra strain on public services such as healthcare, education and policing. And 19% of respondents...
Posted by Harry Aldridge on 03 10th, 2010
BNP /facepalm...
Just when I think it impossible that the world, and the government, can reach any lower levels of idiocy, I find myself doing a massive facepalm at this…
The BNP’s new membership rules “indirectly” discriminate against black and Asian people, the UK equalities watchdog has told a court hearing.
The BNP has voted to admit non-white members but still requires them to sign up...
Posted by UKIP on 03 9th, 2010
Big three welcome Turkey i...
The Foreign Secretary, William Hague and the Lib/Dems, Ed Davey have all agreed Turkey should join the EU.
"They seem to care more about the Levant than they do about the UK", said Nigel Farage.
"In order to appear inclusive they reject the opinion of a vast majority of their own country.
"Between them the three establishment parties show yet again the utter contempt they feel for the people...
Posted by UKIP on 03 9th, 2010
EU is killing car industry...
UKIP MEP Mike Nattrass has welcomed a report which claims the EU is killing Europe’s automotive industry.
In a report which was published yesterday (March 8) on The Wall Street Journal website, Neil Winton, who writes the European Perspective column for Detroit News Online’s Automotive Insider, claimed the EU is imposing an ‘eye-watering array of fuel efficiency hurdles for...
Posted by Paul Nuttall on 03 9th, 2010
Cricket Plan Backed...
Euro MP Paul Nuttall has thrown his weight behind campaigners who support an indoor cricket centre on the Wirral.
The proposed centre at Candy Park in Bromborough would be the only such centre in the North West but Wirral planning officers have recommended that permission is refused.
The development application is due to be heard by the authority’s planning committee on Thursday and Mr Nuttall,...
Posted by Peter Lucas on 03 8th, 2010
Election Watch...
Apologies for the lack of an edition for a couple of weeks, both election matters and other matters had been catching up on me. So here is a run down of our results since last time.
February 18th
Evesham Town Council, Evesham South Ward
Con 432 66.6%
UKIP John White 217 33.4%
Turnout 16.16%
Wychavon District Council, Evesham South Ward
Con 358 52.3% (+1.2%)
Lib Dem 176 25.7% (+2.1%)
UKIP John White 150...
Recent From MEP Blogs
Recent From UKIP News
