Uk Independence Party

Nigel Farage returns to Brussels with disruptive circus antics

Stand off between organisers and police at controversial right wing conference

Tue Apr 16 2024 - 17:21

Britain’s big mistake was to treat Nigel Farage as a normal politician

Bobby McDonagh: NatWest and Coutts Bank were wrong to make judgments about Farage’s politics. But there was nothing wrong with the judgments they made

Tue Aug 01 2023 - 06:00

NatWest shareholders put pressure on chairman to step down

Bank chair ‘clearly not in charge’ after board backed chief executive Alison Rose hours before she resigned

Wed Jul 26 2023 - 06:51

Nigel Farage steps down as leader of Reform UK party

Brexit ‘has cut off Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK’, says politician

Sat Mar 06 2021 - 22:05

Brexit Day countdown: How we got here, the complete history

After nearly 50 years of membership, Britain leaves the European Union on Friday

Thu Jan 30 2020 - 13:08

Apathy rivals populism as an agent of European change

Political fragmentation and low turnout set to shape next European Parliament

Sat Apr 20 2019 - 01:00

Labour make gains but fail to capture target councils from Tories

Local elections: Ukip almost wiped out, losing all but three of 126 seats; Lib Dems gain 75

Fri May 04 2018 - 20:41

Nigel Farage warming to idea of second Brexit referendum

Former UKIP leader says vote would ‘kill off’ debate against leaving European Union

Thu Jan 11 2018 - 11:00

Nigel Farage vows to remain MEP until UK strikes EU deal

Ukip’s outgoing leader says he will miss being European Parliament’s ‘pantomime villain’

Wed Jul 06 2016 - 18:36

Farage can envisage British contribution to EU budget

Leader of UKIP calls for activation of Article 50 ‘without delay’

Thu Jun 30 2016 - 08:16

Brexit referendum campaigning suspended after killing of MP

Cameron cancels appearance in Gibraltar after death of Labour MP Jo Cox

Fri Jun 17 2016 - 01:00

Chris Johns: Swivel-eyed loons are to the fore in Brexit camp

My cohort of Brits know the EU is about peace and not economic growth

Tue Mar 15 2016 - 01:08

Suzanne Lynch: Europe is looking at Ireland and does not like what it sees

Ireland has become the latest bailout country to reject the incumbent government in a search for a political alternative

Wed Mar 02 2016 - 20:11

Brexit: Boris Johnson to campaign for Britain to leave EU

Johnson says deal secured by Cameron does not fundamentally reform European Union

Sun Feb 21 2016 - 17:47

Trump’s call to bar Muslims confounds the world

Controversial comments attract support in China but ignite condemnation elsewhere

Wed Dec 09 2015 - 11:50

Former Ukip MEP Ashley Mote jailed over expenses

Mote sentenced to five years for European Parliament expenses fraud

Tue Jul 14 2015 - 01:01

France and Italy argue over who should take migrants

Africans sleeping near border ‘must be handled by Italy’, says French interior minister

Tue Jun 16 2015 - 11:38

Cameron promises European Union referendum by 2017

Tory leader may attempt to broker deal with DUP and UUP to cushion commons majority

Sat May 09 2015 - 01:00

Tories need Boris’s star power to make their man shine on Farage’s home patch

Former Ukip member Mackinlay takes on his former leader in Ramsgate

Wed Apr 22 2015 - 01:00

Exclusion of DUP from UK TV election debate ‘inexplicable’

Excluding largest party in Northern Ireland ‘not acceptable’, says Peter Robinson

Fri Jan 23 2015 - 20:33

The long road to the UK’s May 7th general election has begun

The one certain thing seems to be that no single party will be able to win a majority

Tue Jan 06 2015 - 01:00

More gains expected for Ukip after Tory defector takes seat

Question is whether more Tories will jump in case they fall to Ukip surge in May

Fri Nov 21 2014 - 22:42

Ukip’s byelection performance poses fresh questions for Labour

Just 600 votes kept Ukip out of a seat in Heywood

Sat Oct 11 2014 - 01:00

Ukip trounces Conservatives in Clacton-on-Sea byelection

Ukip’s John Bickley just 627 votes behind Labour’s Liz McInnes in Heywood and Middleton

Fri Oct 10 2014 - 08:56

Lib Dems in a flap about becoming endangered species

Signals for Clegg’s party, after four years in government, are not good

Thu Oct 09 2014 - 09:23

Ukip prepares to break political mould

Farage awaits disenchanted Labour as well as Conservative MPs

Mon Sept 29 2014 - 01:00

Labour and Ukip go at it hammers and tongs in wake of Rochdale

Manchester Letter: Heywood and Middleton could be worst place in England for Labour

Fri Sept 26 2014 - 17:16

SF, DUP consolidate their positions as dominant voices in council politics

With more than 400 of 462 seats declared the two largest parties have 213 seats

Sat May 24 2014 - 13:32

Ukip discord at mini-carnival in Croyden

The party’s effort to combat allegations of racism descend into chaos

Wed May 21 2014 - 01:00

EU referendum vital to future, says Cameron

PM says he would not lead a minority government if plebiscite not guaranteed

Mon May 12 2014 - 01:00

Rejoining the Commonwealth

Tue Apr 29 2014 - 01:55

Clegg’s gamble on EU in showdown with Farrage and Ukip

Tue Mar 11 2014 - 01:01

From ‘Venice of the Fens’ to magnet for eastern European workers

Crop-picking and food plants have lured migrants to stay in the Cambridgeshire town of Wisbech, where a third of residents are from outsidethe UK

Mon Jan 20 2014 - 01:00

Ukip suspends councillor over anti-gay remarks

Silvester prayed for healing of gay people and said legalising same-sex marriage caused floods

Sun Jan 19 2014 - 16:57