Can UKIP resolve their existential EU referendum paradox?
Without UKIP there would be no 2017 EU referendum. But if the Out side wins they could become irrelevant because they "won". If the In side wins they could become irrelevant because they "lost". They need to resolve the paradox, via a massive new push in political ideas, and electoral reform
- 17 May 2015
Why UKIP is better for immigrants than Labour or the Tories
The mainstream media that has portrayed UKIP as anti-immigrant has spectacularly missed the point. UKIP offers real hope to immigrants in a way that Conservatives and Labour can't understand. Whatever you have heard, many love UKIP's Euroscepticism too, and for good reason
- 2 May 2015
UKIP's brilliant manifesto launch should worry the Tories
UKIP has really raised the bar with the launch of its election manifesto. It will require a robust and serious response. But if the Tories are even allowing UKIP to outflank them on defence, they may already be a lost cause
- 15 April 2015
Tooting View: UKIP becoming the party for Catholics
The Catholic vote used to be Labour territory. But UKIP -- with the backing of one in seven UK Catholics -- is encroaching here as in so many areas. We have a Eurosceptic Pope, and people are taking note
- 1 December 2014
Tooting View: NHS is safe only with UKIP
Whatever you may have heard, the truth is that UKIP stands up for the NHS like no other major party in Britain. If the NHS is your priority don't vote Labour, vote UKIP
- 17 November 2014
Tooting at Labour's class-war mansion tax
The mansion tax punishes Londoners who may not necessarily be truly well off. Labour is pushing one as a populist class-war policy designed only to benefit Labour’s hopeless struggle to win back its core voter base up North
- 6 November 2014
Quite what does UKIP stand for? Brexit and Nexit
UKIP these days is less Brexit (though still that) than Nexit. In other words, they're a force for real change. And even though they're working out a manifesto, the party is up for some truly thoughtful ideas. It's Nexit Nige...
- 20 October 2014
Open letter: UKIP gets serious on shale, serious on UK interests
UKIP was once branded, and smeared, as the party of "Little Englanders". No more. This open letter shows that, ahead of the 2015 elections, UKIP is the most forward-looking, internationalist party that Britain has
- 27 August 2014
And so to UKIP
I and other like minded Conservative MPs will continue to battle for the restoration of UK democracy as Conservatives, not as members of UKIP which simply can't deliver on Europe, says John Redwood MP
- 23 July 2014
So, one last, hopelessly counterproductive smear against UKIP from mainstream media/politics?
Come on. Let's have some fun. What's the last minute smear we can expect against UKIP? Nigel and women's underwear? "War criminal" charges? Spurned lovers? We wait with bated breath
- 21 May 2014
Mainstream Britain still doesn't understand UKIP
People recoil from the high moral tone adopted by parties that have had members of parliament jailed for fiddling expenses, or have held abominable views on matters such as terrorism or Leftist dictators. But the real point is that a new political era has just begun
- 19 May 2014
UKIP advances in Scotland
UKIP's clarity on Europe contrasts with the SNP's confusions and contradictions. At the European elections, UKIP may well cause a major surprise north of the border not just south of it
- 11 May 2014
Farage and The Times
Does Rupert Murdoch know about his paper's vendetta against the UKIP leader?
- 30 April 2014
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