I’m sorry, what? But opposition parties disagreed. The Liberal Democrats called the immigration system “shambolic,” saying the true number of new arrivals could be much higher because of “the continuing lack of control over our borders”. Would this be the same Lib-Dems whose...

The Irish Times are reporting that RyanAir Chief Executive Michael O’Leary has said that “Ireland’s future success depends on being at the heart of Europe and our membership of the euro”. He has commited €200,000 on newspaper and internet advertising and posters, and €300,000...

Open Europe have revealed that each outgoing EU Commissioner will be receiving a €1.1m golden goodbye. The Commission’s Swedish Vice-President Margot Wallstrom will receive around €2.05m. The payouts fall under “transitional” and “resettlement” allowances, as well as...

No doubt we can expect John Prescott to launch another #welovetheNHS attack on these people?… A patient lobby group is demanding an urgent review of basic hospital care after highlighting accounts of “appalling” NHS standards. The Patients Association highlighted 16 cases in England...

A new study by Orange, the mobile phone people, suggests that the widespread availability of reliable broadband access could change the British landscape. It seems there is enormous pent up desire among city folk to relocate to idyllic parts of the countryside, and with broadband changing the way we...

Donations to political parties in the 2nd Quarter of 2009 have been published by the Electoral Commission. This is the key election period detailing donations between April 1st and June 30th, and make for interesting reading… Party Cash Non Cash Total Amount (£) No Amount (£) No Amount...

That terrible Labour government, giving our money away to those unelected eurocrats making 75% of our laws in Brussels! At least if we had a Conservative government they would stop the gush of sterling into the hands of the European Union, right? Wrong. The Telegraph has today revealed that the Tories...

I am intrigued by this item on the BBC website, that has also been on the various radio stations, in relation to the fact that those selling violent video games and ‘18 rated’ videos to underage children cannot be prosecuted due to an error by the last Conservative Government. “Dozens...

Newly elected UKIP MEP David Campbell-Bannerman has been interviewed by BBC Radio Cambridgeshire about the jump in Britain’s EU membership fee by 60% to £6.4bn. Listen again on the BBC iPlayer here. David is about 30 mins in. I have to say I thought it was a very good interview. David’s...

Greetings Independence Home readers. My name is Peter Lucas, and as you might have noticed I’m a new contributer here. What I will be bringing you in my regular articles is information and analysis about UKIP’s electoral performance, not just in European and general elections but also week...

Conservative Home is carrying the results of recent local by-elections held in the week just gone. It makes for fascinating reading… Five by-election results this week: Stanley, Blackpool (Blackpool South) a Con hold. Con vote was 33% -28, Lab 30% +5, LD 17% +3, BNP 10% from nowhere, UKIP 10%...

The eyes of many a eurosceptic will be facing towards Ireland in just a few short months. They are the only country to be given a say on the Lisbon Treaty and the eurocrats in Brussels have decided to spoil them after the silly little Irish people got it wrong the first time and rejected the EU’s...

The European Union is only going to cost us £6.4 billion in direct payments in 2010/2011. That’s only up by 60%. We only paid the bargain price of £4.1 billion in 2008/2009. Perhaps we should be thankful to the current Labour government - and likely future Tory government – for handing...

The latest ComRes poll is out and makes for interesting reading. Con  41% Lab  24% Lib  18% UKIP  5% Green  4% Nationalists  3% BNP  3% ‘Others’  1% So a pretty good showing for the Tories considering the NHS ‘row’ and a disaster for Labour for failing to capitalise on...

So the whole NHS debate has been raging for a while now. Well, I say debate, but I really mean the incessant whining of Labour politicians and self-righteous unthinking communitarians incapable of understanding the intelligence of Daniel Hannan’s argument. The hashtag #welovetheNHS has gone pandemic...

Gordon Brown’s popularity has soared…….in Libya!! The Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has thanked Gordon Brown for the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi. But still hated at home… Col Gadaffi said the UK prime minister had “encouraged” the...