Donna Edmunds is Director of Research at Progressive Vision, a libertarian think-tank. She tweets at @DonnaInSussex
Farage blew Clegg out of the water
The polling and social media evidence showed a decisive victory for Farage. But journalists and politicians committed to the old politics and media have buried their heads in the sand
- 27 March 2014
UKIP's stance on welfare a better fit with the public mood
If the Tories really believe that every cut to welfare will be welcomed, no matter how savage, they have misread the British people. UKIP’s competition-based, compassionate politics is a better fit with the public mood
- 23 January 2014
SKY below the belt with Farage over Enoch Powell
The British media has got to drop the politically correct attacks on UKIP and play fair. UKIP leader Nigel Farage was hit below the belt by Sky News in a silly attempt to link him with Enoch Powell. Despite the tittering from his opponents, Farage wasn't thrown at all
- 6 January 2014
UKIP welcomes refugees in need
The fact of even a single British person turning their backs on genuine refugees fleeing for their lives, as in the Syrian case, is shocking and to be lamented. That's what UKIP believes. In common with many mature democracies, we just oppose mass waves of unregulated immigration for Britain
- 30 December 2013
Tory-UKIP pact? We're very different parties
The increasing hysteria of the Conservatives in the face of the UKIP threat is quite something, says this UKIP councillor. But we are two separate parties with our own philosophies, values and manifestos
- 30 September 2013
Kids are getting the tax issue, how about adults?
Modern kids seemingly have an innate understanding that taxation is theft. How awesome, and UKIP, is that?
- 30 July 2013
What is Labour for?
Miliband’s proposed break with the unions is a truly seismic shift. It will be the ultimate admission of the left that Thatcher has achieved her final great victory
- 10 July 2013
'Unthinkables' in the City of London
What does Osborne need to do if he wants to avoid the ignominy not only of suffering credit downgrades, but of being the Chancellor who presided over London losing its billing as the world's premiere financial centre?
- 2 May 2013
Osborne needs to unleash his inner supply side capitalist
Enough messing about on the side lines, Osborne needs to unleash his inner supply side capitalist
- 20 March 2013
A pact between the two right wing parties? I only see one
Many today have noted that the two right wing parties together topped 50 percent of the poll. But many UKIP supporters no longer see the Conservatives as a right wing party
- 1 March 2013
Why I left the party I love
What if the party you represent goes so off-piste that staying in means you have to abandon the true principles of that party?
- 22 January 2013
Freedom Matters holds a panel discussion at Conservative Party Conference
Paul 'Guido Fawkes' Staines, Matthew Elliot and CBE Don Porter to attend Freedom Matter's panel discussion in Birmingham
- 8 October 2012
The perks of page 3
Harriet Harman may wish to see the end of 'page 3', but freedom lovers nation-wide should protect its existence in earnest
- 3 October 2012
Review: The EU in a Nutshell, by Lee Rotherham
Lee Rotherham's "The EU in a Nutshell" is timely and essential, writes Donna Rachel Edmunds
- 14 June 2012
Review: Watermelons, by James Delingpole
An absolute joy for sceptics and a must read for fence-sitters, James Delingpole's 'Watermelons' is a new and vital weapon in the fight against the green agenda
- 10 February 2012
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