Nigel Farage is stepping down as leader of the UK Independence Party in order to devote more time to a general election campaign to unseat UK House of Commons Speaker

The UK Independence party has established itself as a political force after finishing second in the European elections, its leader claimed today. Nigel Farage said the result proved its showing in 2004 had been no fluke, and paved the way for a sustained challenge at the next general election. "This strong result confirms we are a serious force on the UK political scene." In 2004 the party got 16....

Former Tory treasurer Lord Hesketh joins the UK Independence Party blaming the ruling out of a referendum on the UK staying in the EU.

There’re off as the horse racing fraternity say, the general election is to be on May 6, less than four weeks away, mercifully making it a comparatively short campaign. Like most radicals throughout the UK, as far as casting my vote I am hardly spoilt for choice, in my constituency the three main parties are standing along with the BNP and Ukip. That the latter two parties are both standing ...

Excellent article on comment is free on the real thoughts of UKIP, women should stay in the kitchen, climate change isn't happening, etc, etc. From the ever excellent David Cronin here If the opinion polls are accurate, a lot of people will be registering a similar disquiet by voting for the UK Independence Party in this Thursday's election. Superficially, the Ukip leader Nigel Farage ap...

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...

Looking through the comment threads on ConservativeHome it is clear that quite a few of our readers either vote for the UK Independence Party or are tempted to do so, especially at European elections. As an arch-eurosceptic, indeed eurocynic, I...

The UK Independence Party say they are on target to more than double their share of the vote in the general election, compared with their result in 2005.

A CONTROVERSIAL former Tory candidate has launched a stinging attack on his former colleagues and signed up for the UK Independence Party.

A FORMER leader of the UK Independence Party suffered injuries today when a light aircraft he was travelling in crashed during a banner stunt.