MEP Nikki Sinclaire is expelled from the UK Independence Party after refusing to sit with party members in parliament meetings.
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BBCPolitics on 4th Mar 2010 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
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...
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Grahnlaw on 11th May 2009 (via grahnlaw.blogspot.com)
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
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UKIP on 14th Jul 2008 (via ukip.org)
As supporters celebrate a fantastic performance in the Euro elections, Party Leader Nigel Farage has urged people across Britain to join the UK Independence Party. "This strong result, an improvement on 2004, confirms that we are a serious force on the UK political scene," Mr Farage said. "To beat the UK's governing party into third place in these Euro elections is not only humiliating to Gor...
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UKIP on 8th Jun 2009 (via ukip.org)
The UK Independence Party is to be taken to the High Court by an MEP claiming it discriminated against her because she was lesbian.
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Telegraph on 6th Nov 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Gay MEP Nikki Sinclaire has won a discrimination claim against her former colleagues in the UK Independence Party.
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BBCPolitics on 23rd Dec 2010 (via bbc.co.uk)
This week The Times reported of Nikki Sinclaire: The UK Independence Party has expelled one of its MEPs after she refused to sit with its right-wing Italian allies in the European Parliament and fell out with former leader Nigel Farage… Ms Sinclaire, 41, an MEP for the West Midlands, insisted that she wanted to stay with the
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 7th Mar 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
The treasurer of the UK Independence Party has resigned following a disagreement with a colleague. Marta Andreasen, who in 2002 was sacked as European Commission chief accountant after criticising its practices, has run UKIP's finances for two years. Ms Andreasen, who became a Euro MP this year, fell out with party chairman Paul Nuttall over an internal staffing issue. UKIP leader Nigel Farage...
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PopularAlliance on 8th Sep 2009 (via popularalliance.org)
UK INDEPENDENCE Party MEP Nigel Farage confirmed yesterday he is standing for the party's leadership.
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Scotsman on 3rd Sep 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
CPS advises police to charge Tom Wise, a former Ukip MEP who now sits in the European parliament as an independent, following a newspaper expenses expose A British MEP targeted by a Sunday newspaper in an expenses expose is facing criminal charges, the Crown Prosecution Service said this afternoon. The CPS has advised Bedfordshire police to charge former UK Independence party MEP Tom Wise, who now...
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Guardian on 20th Apr 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
Party sources have said Labour could come as low as fourth behind the UK Independence Party.
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Telegraph on 6th Jun 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)