80 per cent of Britons want to leave the EU, says the Express. Except they don’t
The poll was conducted by and among Tories in a small area of the UK known to be sympathetic to quitting the EU
UKIP
Farage admits he still wants a private NHS
After backtracking on leaked comments last year, the UKIP leader tells Radio 4 he still supports privatising healthcare
Green Party gains 2,000 new members in 24 hours
Green Party membership has reportedly overtaken that of UKIP.
We cannot afford to be complacent about the far-right
UKIP is not a far right party, but that doesn’t mean its voters don’t hold far right sympathies.
The disillusionment of UKIP supporters could damage the charity sector
Study shows that UKIP supporters are as disillusioned with charities as they are with MPS.
The St George’s Cross has become an emblem of the working class
Like a vote for Ukip, to fly the St George’s Cross is as much to declare one’s antipathy to the liberal, metropolitan well-to-do middle-classes as it is a protest against the EU.
What exactly does Ed Miliband think it means to be a ‘working person’?
There is no one type of ‘working person’, and it’s an indictment of our politics that such an obvious point has to be made.
Rochester’s concerns about immigration are bound up with failing public services
For the residents of Rochester, addressing their concerns about living standards, schools and healthcare would go a long way to dampening their worries about immigration.
What the left should take from Rochester and Strood
Majorities have group identities just like minorities, and that’s fine.
UKIP can’t always be all things to all people
The more concretely we paint UKIP as a pointless third-rate Thatcher tribute band, the more effective it will prove.