The Gaunty Interview
Here is the full Gaunty interview with Nigel Farage, Leader of UKIP from Wednesday 29th…
Brown’s Hollow Victory
Gordon Brown has won a series of votes on MPs expenses this evening, though has again shown himself to be completely inept and out of his depth. As the BBC reports… There was disbelief on all sides of the chamber as Commons leader Harriet Harman explained the government’s strategy. It was...
Debate: Expenses
There may be big fallout in the near future as MPs expenses claims are released to the public. According to The Daily Mail, what may unfold would be nothing short of a scandal: Three Labour MPs are said to be terrified that the release of their expenses claims will expose them as adulterers and financial...
Public Meeting With Gerard Batten MEP
Gerard Batten, UKIP MEP for London, will be holding a public meeting this Friday 1st of May to discuss Britain’s membership of the EU. Gerrard will also be answering questions from the public, so if you have any burning issues you’d like to pose to your London MEP be sure to come along. Where:...
New Recruit
Bloggers4UKIP, ever the beady eye, has got the scoop on this one, copied here in full below. Respected Conservative Councillor Defects to UKIP In the run-up to the Council and European Elections on 4th June, Councillor Nigel Haughton, a much respected member of Brickhill Parish Council and life-long...
Great Repeal?
Conservative Home is carrying an article by Jonathan Munday, who is calling for a “Gret Repeal Act” to roll back the state. A Conservative administration will have to make big and deep cuts to restore the public finances to some kind of sound footing, and reducing the amount of stuff the...
The Farage era so far.
With the European Elections now just weeks away it would seem to be as good a time as any for an assessment of the current leadership of UKIP. Nigel Farage has been in charge since September 2006 after a big 45% of the vote in a four-way leadership contest. Farage’s platform was based around bringing...
ANZAC Service Account
A bit late, but nevertheless an account of a local ANZAC day memorial service by our Australian South Eastern Counties Chairman… Last Friday, I attended an Anzac Day memorial service in the village church at Sutton Veny, near Warminster in Wiltshire. It is an annual event that has taken place there...
Little Englanders? Or Little Europeans?
Ardent Europhile and former leader of the Liberal Democrats Jeremy ’Paddy’ Ashdown was in the Scottish version of the Metro on Wednesday giving a 60 Second Interview. Asked “Will the British public ever be enthusiastic about Europe?” his Lordship replied thus:  “We now...
News Crunch: Thursday 30th April 2009
9.30am update The BBC reports on the UK’s withdrawal from Iraq and Gordon Brown’s Commons expenses battle. The Times on the government advisers who want to cut number of skilled jobs open to non-EU migrants. The online petition demanding Gordon Brown to resign hits 31,000 signatures, reports...
Gurkha Demand
Gawain Towler, UK Independence party MEP candidate in the South West, and who has previously served in the 3rd (vol) Btl Royal Highland Fusiliers, added his voice to the calls for the Government to allow Gurkha veterans to live in the UK.  As he joined hundreds of Gurkha vets outside Westminster...
50p Tax Joke
The BBC is reporting that the chancellor has defended raising the top rate of income tax to 50%, saying it was only fair that those with the “broadest shoulders” paid more. Even before the budget the Institute for Fiscal Studies was warning the proposed 45p higher tax rate would end up costing...
Oxfordshire UKIP Campaign Launch
Philip Vander Elst is a freelance writer and is number 4 of the UK Independence Party list in the South East region in the forthcoming European Elections. He is a former officer of the Oxford Union, has worked on the staff of the Centre for Policy Studies and the Institute of Economic Affairs, been...
Ray Finch: What the furore about the working time opt-out tells us.
The present fallout from the “conciliation” meeting between the Council, Commission and the MEPs has highlighted the essential problem with the European Union. The issue is not the loss of sovereignty or the rampant corruption endemic in the EU. It is not even the way the Franco-German alliance...
News Crunch: Wednesday 29th April 2009
The potential for a Labour backbench rebellion is putting Ministers under pressure to relax Gurkha immigration rules, reports The Telegraph, who have also launched a Justice for Gurkhas campaign/petition. The Daily Express covers the new law that may allow thousands more refugees to live, work and...
11am Listen To Gaunty
Nigel Farage is appearing on the John Gaunt Show on Wednesday at 11am.You can find it on your internet by going to thesun.co.uk/suntalk .Nigel will be talking about why we have to vote UKIP on June 4th.
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