But he’s not alone in seeking to influence the UK from the far right whilst living far away. Note that the Wikipedia entry for Tim Worstall says: Since September 2007, Worstall has been the press officer for the UK Independence Party. He lives in Portugal with his wife. I guess that’s one form of independence from the UK, Rather odd

Just received from Tim Worstall in the UKIP Press Office... UKIP is being inundated with calls from voters complaining that UKIP is not on the ballot paper. Voting has only been going on for three hours and already hundreds are calling the UK Independence Party to complain that they were not able to vote for the party. The problem is that Returning Officers have been folding the ballot papers. The...

contribution by Tim Worstall You'll have seen that loudmouthed rude man on TV recently: that Nigel Farage. Yes, he's one of us, one of UKIP, the UK Independence Party. Vote for us.

Seen this morning on UKIP's website. Look at the headline for the video... :). Joking aside though, UKIP invited me to visit their national campaign HQ this morning to have a look at what they're doing. It was good to see one of my blogging inspirations, Tim Worstall, who is UKIP's communications director. They have a phone bank which seemed very active. A lot of the calls, they sai...

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...

1    NAME The official name of the Party shall be the UK Independence Party, or UKIP, or Independence, legally known as the United Kingdom Independence Party, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Party'. 2    AIMS 2.1    The principal aim of the Party is that the United Kingdom ("UK") shall again be governed by laws made to suit its own needs ...

The UK Independence Party has had a makeover. Go to their website and you will find a fetching new logo involving butterflies. Their point is to emphasise independence as a theme: not just the independence of the state, but also the independence of the citizen from the state. It's potentially a very powerful combination. A similar formula was adopted by my favourite political party in the wo...

Tim Worstall - back in harness after running for office as a UKIP MEP - writes about the Labour government's stated desire to ensure that not a single tract of the UK is without broadband access. It is the sort of techie, practical measure that Mr Gordon Brown thinks will help win him a bit of respect in the traditional Tory and LibDem shires. As Tim says, the logic of this idea is questionab...

Young Independence is a site supported by the UKIP (UK Independence) political party. It aims to provide young people under the age of 35 with a forum for political debate in order to increase political engagement amongst this age group. The website includes press releases, policy statements and blogs maintained by UKIP supporters, many of which are critical of EU policies and institutions and its...

Poll puts United Kingdom Independence party on 15%, compared to 3% for British National party The UK Independence party rather than the BNP appears to be the main beneficiary of public disillusionment with the political elite, according to polling this week. In a YouGov survey for the Sun published today, 15% of voters said they would vote Ukip in the coming European elections and 3% for the far-r...