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Roger Helmer MEP steps down. He will not be missed

12 October, 2011

Alex Hern covers the resignation of Roger Helmer MEP, and reminds everyone what a terrible, rotten, nasty, bigoted man he is.

New Tories? MEP Roger Helmer: Friend of Kaminski and climate denier

Shamik Das

12 March, 2010

David Cameron’s attempts to detoxify the Tories took another step backwards this week when one his leading MEPs launched a full on defence of Michal Kaminski.

Helmer’s exit takes us out of the frying pan and into the fire

Alex Hern

13 October, 2011

Alex Hern runs over the madness that is the Conservative’s new MEP for the East Midlands.

Euro-Tories gain a UKIP defector – but Helmer faces the chop

Ben Fox

25 May, 2011

Ben Fox reports from Brussels on the defection of David Campbell Bannerman from the Tories to UKIP and the possible de-whipping of sexist climate denier Roger Helmer.

Tories unlikely to discipline Helmer for sickening rape comments

Shamik Das

24 May, 2011

The Conservative party have said there are “no plans” to take action against right-wing MEP Roger Helmer for shocking remarks made on his blog about rape.

Latest ECR farce: Tory MEPs vote against their own leadership candidate

Ben Fox

9 March, 2011

Far right Tory MEPs Daniel Hannan and Roger Helmer were among those to vote against Timothy Kirkhope, the official Tory candidate to lead the ECR group in the European Parliament.

Tory MEP: Poor kids are “a bunch of feckless ne’er-do-wells”

Claire French

31 August, 2010

Government plans which could make highly performing secondary schools allocate places to pupils of mixed abilities have been slammed by Tory MEP Roger Helmer. According to Mr Helmer, the children of middle class parents are the most intelligent and should thus go to the best schools.