UKIP’s big decision – guide to the candidates
Tweet It’s easy to be sniffy about the UKIP leadership election. After all, they have been happening quite regularly, and the party performed worse than expected in the General Election. However,...
View ArticleCelebrities in politics: Does it ever work?
Tweet James Frayne, a predecessor of mine as Campaign Director of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, has been blogging for some time now at the excellent Campaign War Room. He mused over the weekend about...
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David Campbell Bannerman Likes, er…
Tweet .. “UK Independence Party”, apparently. Possibly time for someone to do a bit of Facebook profile updating, given recent news?
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The Mirror’s bogus account of UKIP night out
Tweet The Mirror was doing its best to discredit UKIP yesterday after a weekend of pretty good publicity (even from the Guardian, which must have shocked a few out of their blazers). The paper claims:...
View ArticleHouse of Comments: Leveson, the rise of UKIP and the Autumn Statement
Tweet Last night, I took part in the new series of podcasts from House of Comments, along with Labour blogger Emma Burnell and Lib Dem Mark Thompson. We covered the big stories of the week, Leveson...
View ArticleUKIP’s Ollyshambles has serious consequences
Tweet UKIP’s internal tensions have been obvious for some time. As the main party has gathered points in the opinion polls by picking up kneejerk reactionary positions on gay marriage and the burkha,...
View ArticleEU Budget: How did British MEPs vote?
Tweet The EU Budget negotiations have not run as smoothly as in previous years. In the past, the process was simple: everyone sits down, agrees to pay more cash to Brussels then off for champagne and...
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