Nigel Farage, The Brand New Heavies and Innocent Drinks founder shake it up at Jim Mellon’s Christmas party December 17, 2014 What do nineties band The Brand New Heavies, Nigel Farage and Innocent Drinks founder Richard Reed have in common? They were all at millionaire fund-manager Jim Mellon’s Christmas party last night, of course. The shindig took place in Mellon’s pub in Notting Hill. The Capitalist had the pleasure of meeting the man the boozer was [...]
Nigel Farage has made more BBC Question Time appearances than anyone else this decade following clash with Russell Brand December 12, 2014 No one has appeared on Question Time more than Nigel Farage this decade. Following his hotly anticipated clash with Russell Brand on Thursday, Farage has made 12 appearances as a guest on Question Time since 2010. In fact, since the Ukip leader first sat on David Dimbleby’s panel in November 2000, only three [...]
Russell Brand Vs Nigel Farage: Play BBC Question Time bingo as political upstarts go head-to-head December 11, 2014 TV viewers of all persuasions will be treated to a political showdown between revolutionary jabberer Russell Brand and immigration delayed Nigel Farage on Question Time tonight. The must-see event (or must-avoid, depending on how strong your political gag reflex is), kicks of at 10.35pm. Be prepared for a war of words. But what choice words [...]
Boris Johnson slams Nigel Farage for blaming M4 traffic delay on immigrants December 8, 2014 London Mayor Boris Johnson has fired a broadside at Ukip's Nigel Farage for blaming his tardiness on immigrants. Farage was due to address the party's first Welsh conference in Port Talbot this weekend but was held up by traffic on the M4. The senior Tory lambasted Farage's excuses as "feeble" and one of the "poorest" [...]
Exclusive: Ukip to hold spring conference in Nigel Farage’s target seat, Margate December 4, 2014 Ukip will hold its spring conference in Margate’s winter gardens next February, its economics spokesman told City A.M. yesterday. He added that Ukip had built “the strongest team in years” to fight the election and aimed to beat the Lib Dems on vote share. The location of the conference, so close to the seat Ukip [...]
Nigel Farage’s confusion on sex education is just the latest in a series of Ukip policy flip-flops December 3, 2014 Ukip has once again had to clarify party policy after Nigel Farage appeared to disown the position held by his deputy Paul Nuttall that sex education should be scrapped for primary school children. Speaking in an ITV debate with young voters, the Ukip leader said: I have never advocated that policy … I know there [...]
Mark Reckless splits with Nigel Farage on Ukip immigration policy after Rochester by-election win November 22, 2014 Barely 24 hours after being sworn in as Ukip's second elected MP Marke Reckless is as already criticising his party leader Nigel Farage. Speaking to the Times, Reckless said Ukip's immigration policy "changed on Wednesday, and I'm a bit sore about how I came out of that". Speaking on Tuesday at a hustings event during [...]
Battle of the Nigels: Farage vs Askew as Ukip to take on the Reality party in South Thanet November 5, 2014 Russell Brand has been making the headlines as a pop culture icon-cum-political revolutionary lately, but he certainly isn’t the only one. Let’s not forget Bez from the Happy Mondays and his Reality party. Someone who is unlikely to forget is Ukip’s Nigel Farage, as he’ll be up against one of its candidates in [...]
Ukip mapped: Nigel Farage is most popular in areas where immigration is lowest October 27, 2014 On Monday, defence secretary Michael Fallon aired what he believed to be some of the public's concerns around immigration. Speaking on Sky News' Murnghan programme, Fallon said some towns on the east coast of England feel they are "under siege" and "swamped" by migrants. That phrasing failed to impress Downing Street, which was quick to [...]
Ukip Calypso: Nigel Farage inspires his own political protest song October 20, 2014 Think political protest songs and you're sure to conjure up an image of Bob Dylan blowin' in the wind or maybe John and Yoko imagining a world without war – but what about Nigel Farage arriving at Number 10? The Ukip leader today tweeted a link to a song called the Ukip Calypso, urging [...]