Five years ago, Aidan Rankin, author of The Politics of the Forked Tongue: Authoritarian Liberalism, quit UKIP in disgust. In an article for the New Statesman he explained why: My attraction to Ukip took me into a peculiar demi-monde, peopled largely by men with faces red through alcohol and outrage against the modern world, ladies with affected accents or strange hats, and youthful zealots who c...

Police fear far-right terror attack Given that we in UKIP are regularly described as “far right” are the suggesting a Provisional UKIP? The 63 County UKIP? Continuity UKIP? Or are we just getting confused between what really are far right murderous thugs and everyday political insults?

Surprised to see today's publicity concerning a suggestion that UKIP and the BNP should consider an electoral pact by which the two parties stand aside for each other in the next General Election. I hope its not true. UKIP are denying it. I hope its not a case of there being no smoke without fire. This story is very damaging to UKIP, and there is clearly a problem. Two members of UKIP's ...

Following our piece yesterday on the UKIP conference, we have had a number of interesting responses on the forum, but none more so than this. I commend it to you. Readers of this blog will know that we abhor the low-grade personality politics which sustain the gutter press and the many so-called political blogs which seek to emulate it. We therefore rarely descend to those levels (although we have...

Just to prove that what I sounded (for the time being) was the Reveille, not the Last Post, here is an article about the latests brouhaha between UKIP and the Conservatives. Disregarding past experience the Tories have decided to go for what they consider to be their greatest enemy - UKIP. Tactically, this is about as stupid a thing to do as anyone can think of. Firstly, UKIP is a small party and,...

Populus poll puts Labour in third place for Euro Elections :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Posted in Blogging, Democracy, entertainment, Europe, Fun, Gordon Brown, Humour, Labour, politics, sarcasm, Satire, UKIP Tagged: UKIP

The BBC has the story about Lord Pearson standing down as UKIP’s leader following his less than successful general election performance (with that TV interview): In his resignation statement, Lord Pearson said he was “not much good” at party politics and UKIP “deserved a better politician… to lead it”. The outgoing leader had a difficult general

A rather laughable story is being reported by the BBC. Apparently UKIP have got the electoral commission to ask polling staff to stop folding ballot papers because it seems UKIP voters are so stupid they cannot work out that there is more than one fold, and are unable to undo both folds of the ballot paper, thus ensuring they cannot find UKIP on the ballot paper. So for the benefit of UKIP support...

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From the Tories to UKIP, Stuart Wheeler has now moved on to found the Trust Party, according to a teaser in the Mail. Launch is tomorrow. Leaving aside the (so far) implicit criticism of Farage and UKIP in Wheeler's action, it seems planning is at an early stage, with only one other candidate in place and one more possible. Apart from financial honesty in politics and condign punishment for t...