THE leader of the UK Independence Party yesterday insisted it was the European Union, not his party, that was anti-European.

Read UKIP’s campaign policies for the Euro elections, and find out that Mexico is the way to go for Britain, according to Nigel Farage and his not so angry old men. The main plank of the UK Independence Party’s manifesto for the European elections 2009 is: “The UK Independence Party believes that the UK should withdraw from the European Union and that our membership should be rep...

The embarrassment of the Irish Yes campaign over its failure to persuade voters to accept the Lisbon Treaty has turned into vilification of the UK Independence Party and the Independence and Democracy Group in the European Parliament to which it belongs.Euro-loving self-deception: Read Ireland.ie

Three days ago I posted about instructions given to Gawain Towler, Press Officer for UKIP (the UK Independence Party) in the European Parliament. Gawain Towler, The Press Officer for the Independent Europe Group (essentially UKIP and sister parties) in the European Parliament, whose job is to represent this group in criticising the EU has been forced to take his personal blog down for … er ...

The UK Independence party has proved once again to be the surprise package in European parliament elections, only a matter of weeks after seasoned political watchers had largely written off its chances, writes James Boxell in the Financial Times. He wrote in the newspaper... In contrast to the British National party, which reaped the benefit of abstentions by Labour voters, Ukip appeared to prospe...

MEP Nikki Sinclaire is expelled from the UK Independence Party after refusing to sit with party members in parliament meetings.

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...

At the age of 59, William, the 10th Earl of Dartmouth, is looking forward to the most important month of his life.  On June 4 as a candidate for the UK Independence Party, he is standing for election to the European Parliament, an institution he loathes. Just under three weeks later the Earl, previously described as one of Britain’s most eligible bachelors, will be entering another inst...

This morning's Observer reports that the leader of the UK Independence party, which wants to lead Britain out of the EU, has taken £2m of taxpayers' money in expenses and allowances as a member of the European Parliament, on top of his £64,000 a year salary. Nigel Farage claims that he has not "pocketed" the money. Instead he says he has used this "very large sum of European ...

What a difference five years make. The morning after the previous European elections, the UK Independence Party (Ukip) was emerging as a significant force, the third-biggest British political troop in Europe.