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Nigel Farage distances Ukip from heinous Lega Nord comments and seeks a retraction
Over on the official website, Ukip have released a statement following statements made by a couple of Lega Nord politicians who appeared to sympathise with the aims of the Norwegian… Read more
Socialism & State Spending does not breed freedom and liberty
When constantly patrolling the #rallyagainstdebt hashtag on Twitter there is an argument that constantly comes up. This is the argument that state spending and control breeds freedom and liberty. This… Read more
Even the academics don’t “get” UKIP.
The work of Robert Ford and Matthew Goodwin on UKIP has been a right dog’s dinner. In an article reproduced for the The Guardian, they describe UKIP in terms of domestic elections as… Read more
Cameron’s Conservatives are lucky the electorate didn’t know what they stood for.
Janet Daley writes on ConservativeHome’s findings that many voters were unsure of David Cameron and his inner circle’s commitment to values. As Daley says, voters saw the Tory leadership as: politicians… Read more
The license fee must be scrapped for the BBC to improve.
Peter Sissons’ devastating account of the institutional left-wing bias inside the BBC hardly surprises: supporters of The Guardian? Check. In favour of the EU? Check. In favour of government spending? Check…. Read more
Marta Andreasen calls for independent external audit of EU’s accounts.
Jose Barroso and others at the top of the EU are probably going to be squirming later today as UKIP MEP Marta Andreasen quizzes them on bringing in proper independent… Read more
BNP clearly scared of a strong UKIP performance in Oldham.
I’ve just been informed that the BNP are spending their poling day driving around the constituency in a Japanese made 4×4 (ironic?) bellowing “don’t vote UKIP and Paul Nuttall” over… Read more
Councillor defects to UKIP as Southport Tories fall apart.
Southport Councillor Alf Doran has defected to UKIP after hitting out at the treatment of three of his fellow Councillors who have been suspended by the Tories in an argument… Read more
Nigel Farage and Stuart Wheeler comment on the day’s big news.
With a press conference due in about 20 minutes time, both new UKIP Treasurer Stuart Wheeler and UKIP Leader Nigel Farage have commented on the appointment. Stuart Wheeler has said:… Read more
Stuart Wheeler set to become UKIP Treasurer.
Subject to NEC approval, Stuart Wheeler will today be revealed as UKIP’s new Treasurer at a press conference in Oldham today at 3PM. This is very good news: Wheeler is… Read more
Pathetic journalism in The Spectator brands UKIP as “far right”.
In a shockingly lazy piece of journalism for the usually top notch Spectator, the Labour-supporting Rod Liddle has lumped UKIP in with the English Democrats and BNP as “far right”,… Read more
The Coalition’s Referendum Lock “could be picked by a child”.
Foreign Secretary William Hague says: “not only will Parliament now be given a full say over all kinds of treaty change but any change that hands powers to the EU… Read more
Royal Mail privatisation could close a third of Post Offices.
The Independent are reporting on findings from Consumer Focus that the privatisation of Royal Mail could lead to a third of Post Offices closing. What a surprise. Consumer Focus told The Independent on… Read more
In the Daily Express, Britain has a paper plugged into reality on the EU.
Today saw the Daily Express’ Crusade supporting EU withdrawal step up a fair few notches, as a twenty-four page special featuring comment from the likes of the Express’ Patrick O’Flynn,… Read more
Simon Hughes’ argument exposes how the Coalition have given up on true state school reform.
As a keen supported of grammar schools as a way of getting the most academically able poor kids into the best Universities, I was keen to hearing Simon Hughes’ suggestion…. Read more
Why the first-past-the-post system is not wonderful
Normally I’d consider it poor form to get so angry by a post on IndHome that I write a whole blog to express my disapproval, but Andy Aiston’s post here,… Read more »