The European Parliament was at its most self-congratulatory today, revelling in the "extraordinary success" of the euro. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was there, as was the Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquín Almunía and the president of the "euro group", Jean-Claude Juncker. "A bunch of unelected old men," said Nigel Farage, the UKIP leader, afterwards -&n...
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DanielHannan on 13th Jan 2009 (via blogs.telegraph.co.uk)
Whatever UKIP's faults, Nigel Farage is a beacon of truth in the clown parliament. Seeing little fascists getting upset at him, makes it worth voting UKIP at EU elections.
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WokingLibertarians on 15th Oct 2008 (via wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com)
UKIP Leader Nigel Farage has told the BBC that the party will double its number of MEPs and see the end PM Gordon Brown in the Euro elections. The BBC report said: The European Parliament elections will signal the end for the prime minister, the leader of the UK Independence Party has predicted. Nigel Farage forecast the number of UKIP MEPs would double, with Labour relegated to third or fourth pl...
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UKIP on 3rd Jun 2009 (via ukip.org)
When the European Parliament voted to allow Bulgaria and Romania membership of the politicial union in 2006, UKIP was a lone voice that warned of the social and economic costs. Here is UKIP Leader Nigel Farage's prescient speech to the EU, from more than three years ago...
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UKIP on 1st Jun 2009 (via ukip.org)
A full referendum on Europe would be the price of UKIP working with another party in the event of a hung parliament, Nigel Farage has said
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BBCPolitics on 5th May 2010 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
UKIP's Nigel Farage says Ireland's economic crisis shows that the euro is doomed and that other countries in the eurozone could come under pressure.
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BBCPolitics on 26th Nov 2010 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
Watching Question Time. One of the guests is former UKIP leader, Nigel Farage. Always thought he was an OK bloke - a bit of a wide boy, but I've always had a bit of time for him. But no more. His speech in the European Parliament yesterday was a disgrace. The remarks he directed at EU President, Herman van Rompuy were just appallingly rude and offensive. I'm all for a bit of robust debat...
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AViewFromRuralWales on 25th Feb 2010 (via glyndaviesam.blogspot.com)
Maybe Gordon Brown needs to think about what he needs to say sorry for! Click here for some suggestions from Nigel Farage MEP the UKIP Leader addressing Mr Brown during his recent visit to the European Parliament in his attempt to drum up support for his faltering G20 Economic Summit dream
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CllrStephenAllison on 27th Mar 2009 (via steveallison107.blogspot.com)
UKIP leader Nigel Farage in the European Parliament today.
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TheBrusselsJournal on 16th Dec 2008 (via brusselsjournal.com)
I'm in the process of writing two European related articles at the moment, one on the President of the European Parliament Hans-Gert Poettering for TOTAL POLITICS, and the second one on the leader of UKIP, Nigel Farage for GQ. On Monday week I'm off to spend a couple of days in Strasburg to interview them both. The Nigel Farage profile will be quite lengthy and personal. It will also loo...
Ed DaveyEdward Davey is writing to UKIP Leader Nigel Farage challenging him to publish his MEPs’ expense claims and to account for their shameful record of voting for perks and secrecy in the European Parliament. When Nigel Farage first went to Brussels, he promised to publish his accounts annually ‘so the public can inspect them', but since then neither he nor his UKIP collea...
