UKIP leadership race hots up
UKIP’s autumn conference kicked off today in Torquay. High on the agenda is the choice of a new leader, following Lord Pearson’s candid announcement two weeks ago that he was “not much good” for the job.
Nigel Farage
Farage and the far-Right conspiracy theorists
UKIP yesterday hosted a conference at the European Parliament with Russian conspiracy theorist Daniel Estulin and Italian extremist Mario Borghezio.
As election kicks off, UKIP finds itself mired in sleaze
UKIP’s East of England MEP Stuart Agnew was secretly recorded by The Sunday Times telling an undercover reporter how to get round the ban on proxy donations.
UKIP crisis over “extremist views” of Euro allies
UKIP’s European allies are under the spotlight following Nikki Sinclaire’s resignation from the EFD group in protest at their “variety of extremist views”.
UKIP MEP stands by attack on “biased, censoring” BBC
UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom tells Left Foot Forward he “absolutely stands by” his anti-BBC rant; he said they had “blocked sceptics of climate change for four years”
Farage smears Ashton as being in the pocket of “enemies of the West”
UKIP leader Nigel Farage this week launched an outrageous attack on the integrity of new EU High Commissioner Baroness Ashton, implying links with Communists.
UKIP MEP threatens to silence press over fraud investigation
UKIP MEP Mike Nattrass is threatening to take the Sunday Times to court over claims he is being investigated by OLAF, the European anti-fraud police.
“Absolutely ruthless” UKIP chief took four years to dismiss jailed MEP
UKIP leader Nigel Farage claims he is “absolutely ruthless” when dealing with sleaze – despite it taking him four years to dismiss convicted fraudster Tom Wise.
Euro fraud police turn up heat on UKIP
UKIP’s MEPs to be investigated by European fraud police after string of expense scandals.
Irish ayes smile on Europe as Farage cries “fix”
Nigel Farage has described the Irish referendum result – in which twice as many people voted ‘yes’ to the Lisbon Treaty as ‘no’ – as a “fix”