ENG - The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) is a political party in the United Kingdom which adheres to a centre-right ideology that has been identified as being eurosceptic, populist and conservative. Its primary policy is the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union.
UKIP's leadership position is currently held by former leader Jeffrey Titford since the party's former leader, Lord Pearson of Rannoch, who was elected as leader on 27 November 2009, stood down as leader on 17 August 2010. Lord Monckton, a former advisor to Margaret Thatcher, became joint Deputy Leader on 3 June 2010 and shares the role with David Campbell Bannerman, who remains the head of policy of the party.
UKIP currently holds twelve seats in the European Parliament and two in the House of Lords (the latter ...
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UKIP's Gerard Batten again drew attention to the double standards in the European Parliament while sitting in Strasbourg last week.
Under the rules of procedure banners and signs are not allowed to be displayed in the Chamber. But it depends who is displaying them. On October 20, the Parliament voted on the Estrella Report on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. MEPs from the left carried in pink and blue helium balloons and tied them to their desks.Mr Batten raised a point or order and asked the President to rule if this was in order or not. He was ignored and the ballons were ...
A FORMER Southampton UK Independence Party chairman faces a trial over the alleged sexual abuse of a schoolgirl and another woman.
Ryan Newell, 29, is accused of sexually activity with a child and sexual assault of a woman, the Daily Echo can reveal.
Hampshire police have charged him with five counts of sexually touching a girl aged between 13 and 15 and one of sexually touching a woman over 16.
He denies all the charges which relate to the period between March 2008 and April 2010 and now faces a trial next year at Southampton Crown Court.
Mr Newell, formerly of Honeysuckle Road, ...
British taxpayers have been mugged by the European Parliament after it voted for a huge increase in its budget for 2011 while preaching austerity to national governments.
UKIP MEP Marta Andreasen said that the political and financial crisis which had brought much of France to a standstill because of strike action over austerity measures and which had forced the British Government to scrap half the Royal Navy seemed to have passed the European Parliament by unnoticed.The budgets for the European Parliament's subsidised canteens, staff social activities and MEP entertainment budget have ...
See our latest videos on YouTube The party has its own YouTube channel at UKIP Official and most MEPs have their own playlists.To view the latest MEP videos click on the appropriate playlists here.
Fight for the right to be insulting! Nigel Farage MEP, the UKIP leader today pledged the Party’s wholehearted support for the Reform Section 5 campaign which calls for the right to be insulted without running to the law for protection from hurt feelings, and the repeal of Section 5 of the Public Order Act.He said: “Not that I have ever been known to insult anybody in the course of my work, nor indeed that anybody has ever felt the need to insult me or UKIP for that matter."But the principle that freedom of speech, a basic Liberty, must be defended and protected from well meaning legislation is one that UKIP has supported for years. We have had a commitment to reform Section 5 almost since we had any commitments."In a robust democracy people must be free to insult and be insulted. We have laws that protect against incitement to violence and hatred, that should be enough. To protect my feelings from those who wish to laugh at me or hold me in contempt is a freedom I never wanted, nor hoped for."So three cheer
UKIP unveils another Mayor! UKIP can now boast a second council mayor to join Ramsey Town Council's Cllr Lisa Duffy as a local community leader.Councillor Chris Lamb has become the UKIP Mayor of Preesall Town Council in Lancashire. He's pictured here, right, with NW regional chairman Phil Griffiths, left.Cllr Lamb, who joined the town council in 2008 and is an active member of the community, was appointed at a ceremony this week.“I am very honoured at the privilege and looking forward to my year as Mayor, particularly as it is the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year and there will be many events taking place locally," he said.“The economic year ahead will be difficult and I want everyone in the community to look out for others, particularly the young, the old and the vulnerable."Having served in both the Royal Navy and RAF he became involved with hygiene and health and safety and runs his own company. He is on the board of governors at Blackpool Victoria Hospital and Blackpool CVS.A busy man, Cllr Lamb
Marta on The Record Europe UKIP MEP Marta Andreasen features again this week on BBC's The Record: Europe, shown several times over the next few days.You can catch it on:
BBC World News (Brussels and rest of Europe) Saturday 06:30 CET, Sunday 06:30 CET
BBC News channel (UK) Monday 05:30 BST
BBC Parliament (UK) Saturday 23:00 BST, Sunday 17:00 BST, Monday 11:00 BST
A link to the programme in full will be accessible from late on Monday on the BBC website for one week at: www.bbc.co.uk/parliament. Click on the box under 'Highlights' entitled 'Record Europe'.
