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”), [...]
Nigel Farage says he won’t quit as Ukip leader, despite calls to resign May 14, 2015 He resigned, he unresigned, and now some Ukip members want him to resign again. But that won't happen, Nigel Farage revealed during Question Time this evening. As leader of the party, he said the level of support shown to him was “phenomenal”, and that leaving just as David Cameron starts to negotiate Britain's EU membership [...]
Ukip crisis: The best reactions so far to the Nigel Farage infighting – and that BBC c**t slip up May 14, 2015 Ukip is in turmoil as some very public in-fighting grabs the headlines. We all love a real-life political drama, but this is no House of Cards and that means there may be some ridicule of the embattled party which appears to be imploding. Of course, photoshop (which surely must have become the thing most feared [...]
Ukip crisis: Party’s biggest donor Stuart Wheeler wants Nigel Farage to resign as aide Matthew Richardson offers his resignation May 14, 2015 Ukip has been sent spiraling into crisis after the party's campaign chief attacked leader Nigel Farage, calling him "snarling, thin-skinned, aggressive". Now Ukip's biggest donor Stuart Wheeler, a millionaire who gave the party £500,000, has called for Farage to resign – again – telling the BBC "If he wants to put himself up in an election [...]
Kent police are investigating claims of electoral fraud in Nigel Farage-contested South Thanet seat May 13, 2015 Kent police are investigating claims of electoral fraud in South Thanet – the constituency contested by Ukip leader Nigel Farage at the General Election "Kent Police have received a report of electoral fraud. Inquiries are ongoing," Kent Police said in a statement. The highly contested constituency where Farage made a bid to win Ukip its [...]