
More turmoil for UKIP as PPC jailed and MEP expelled
UKIP was plunged into turmoil this week following the expulsion of West Midlands MEP Nikki Sinclaire and the conviction of Chorley PPC Nick Hogan.

UKIP was plunged into turmoil this week following the expulsion of West Midlands MEP Nikki Sinclaire and the conviction of Chorley PPC Nick Hogan.

Tory MEP Roger Helmer has inadvertently publicised a seminar titled “Fighting for a financial transaction tax”.

Tributes have poured in from across the political spectrum today following the death of Michael Foot, leader of the Labour party from 1979-1983, who died today.

Michael Gove came unstuck earlier, skewered over his insistence on praising the underperforming Swedish schools system while doing down Britain’s schools.

A petition has been launched demanding Tory deputy chair Lord Ashcroft of Belize pay back the £127 million he avoided paying in tax since 2000.

The Tories have reiterated their abhorrence at the BNP,
yet have failed to clear up claims that local Tories in Essex have done a deal with the BNP.

Lord Aschcroft’s “£127m in unpaid taxes”, Radovan Karadzic’s war crimes trial at The Hague, climategate and more.

The spectre of sleaze returned to haunt Boris Johnson today as the police announced an investigation into another of the Mayor’s key aides, Bertha Joseph.

A poll has found that more Tory voters believe Cameron should allow a referendum on voting reform than hold up the Bill in the Lords, by 45%:32%.

The Week in Politics • The culture, media and sport committee produced its long-awaited report into “Press standards, privacy and libel”, criticising the News of the World – then edited by David Cameron’s director of communications Andy Coulson – fortest