As the Calais migrant crisis worsens, is Nigel Farage right that the army should now be drafted in? July 29, 2015 Steven Woolfe, Ukip’s migration spokesman, says Yes Of course he is! The answer is found in the narrative of the question. As any Sandhurst student will tell you, “aid in support of civil authorities” is one reason why we have our armed forces. Unfortunately, instead of aiding the civil authorities for things like floods, in [...]
Nigel Farage: “There is a new Berlin Wall and it is called the euro” July 8, 2015 Ukip leader Nigel Farage has launched another scathing attack on the European Union and its leaders as he stood up to speak at the European Parliament during a session on the Greek crisis talks. The European project has started to die. The plan has failed. The whole of the Mediterranean finds itself in the wrong [...]
Ukip leader Nigel Farage gets tough on Brexit: “David Cameron’s attempts at renegotiation are embarrassing” July 3, 2015 “By all accounts, Cameron got to say something at the renegotiation summit when the coffee was served. And as soon as he started to speak, Hollande went out for a pee, which shows you how seriously it was taken,” scoffs Ukip leader Nigel Farage. The renegotiation summit to which Farage refers took place last week [...]
Godfrey Bloom compares Nigel Farage to Stalin and calls him “sadly unelectable” June 19, 2015 Nigel Farage has been dubbed an "unelectable" leader who runs Ukip like a communist dictator by a former Ukip MEP. Godfrey Bloom said the Ukip leader was "ruthless", adding that "even a hint of criticism" would risk getting "your membership card chopped up". His comments were made after the party's leadership moved against deputy chair [...]
Ukip’s Suzanne Evans facing sack over “divisive” Nigel Farage comments June 18, 2015 Ukip deputy chairman Suzanne Evans is facing the sack after criticising leader Nigel Farage on the BBC. Read more: Suzanne Evans quits Ukip policy role as "purge of the plotters" continues An internal party email released by the BBC titled "Suzanne Evans" appears to issue a directive for all officials to cut off contact with [...]
Nigel Farage fires the starting gun for the EU referendum No campaign June 6, 2015 Nigel Farage has put himself forward as a potential leader of the No campaign in the EU referendum. While Farage’s charisma may make him seem an obvious candidate, many No supporters will see him as too polarising and unlikely to appeal strongly to moderate or undecided voters. Douglas Carswell, Ukip’s only sitting MP, said he [...]
Bargains galore: Ukip’s summer sale is now on June 2, 2015 Roll up, roll up, it's the Ukip summer sale, and there are just a handful of bargains left for the discerning kipper… Nigel Farage may have got the backing of some big-name donors in the run up to the General Election, but that isn't stopping the purple party looking to make a bit of [...]
Ukip’s only MP says Nigel Farage was wrong with plan to ban HIV-positive immigrants May 31, 2015 Douglas Carswell, Ukip's only MP, has criticised Nigel Farage's comments on immigrants with HIV during the General Election campaign. During the first leaders' television debate, Farage shocked many by saying that the UK should prevent immigrants with life-threatening illnesses like HIV from entering the country. Carswell avoided backing Farage's comments at the time, saying only [...]
General Election 2015: Has Nigel Farage damaged “brand Ukip”? May 22, 2015 Nigel Farage was one of the founding members and leader of Ukip in 2006, but it wasn’t until he returned as leader in 2010 that he began to inject a modicum of acceptability into the party. Prior to that Ukip was so right-wing that it was considered by many to be a party of [...]
Nigel Farage’s unresignation, Mayoral candidates and the Avon lady’s funny turn: Here’s what got us talking this week May 15, 2015 It was the week we dealt with the fallout of the election – including the coining of the phrase “doing a Farage” (aka “taking an extra day off to prolong the weekend”). What got us talking this week 1. Barage of Farage Some called it Ukip’s Easter (“on the third day, he rose again”), [...]