UKIP

The former UKIP leader is back in frontline politics as Reform's new vice chairman

The former Reform man has not ruled out joining Ukip - but may be put off by very different attitudes to seagulls

Our digest of the worst of Westminster welcomes the slippery charmer to the Spectator editor's chair

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The party that scared David Cameron into offering a referendum on EU membership is now little more than an extremist husk. What happened?

The rump UKIP's bid to unite the hard-right vote is falling on deaf ears at Richard Tice's party

He was tipped to be the next Nigel Farage - but then the much-derided former UKIP leader went off the radar

Millionaire Brexit-backing businessman Arron Banks has claimed a six-figure inheritance tax bill on his donations to UKIP is discriminatory at the Court of Appeal. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) previously assessed Banks – one of the self-styled “Bad Boys of Brexit” – as owing just over £160,000 on almost £1 million in donations to UKIP […]

A BBC journalist says she is still “haunted” by complaints the broadcaster received claiming it had “built up” Nigel Farage and UKIP. According to The Times, Samira Ahmed recalled complaints received by Newswatch in the early 2010s. Speaking on her podcast How I Found My Voice, Ahmed said: “I’m haunted by that and I remember talking […]

UKIP’s Wales leader has defended an election candidate who sent offensive tweets about Muslims. Stan Robinson, who is running on the South Wales West list, sent several derogatory messages in the past fortnight about Islam and Muslims. He has also retweeted a message labelling migrants “parasites” who should be “arrested” or “shot” to “stop the […]

UKIP has promised to hold a referendum on scrapping the Welsh parliament if it is elected in May. Its manifesto, launched Tuesday morning, also includes pledges to scrap measures to help asylum seekers and refugees in Wales, end the smacking ban and stop sex education in primary schools. UKIP Wales leader Neil Hamilton said it was […]

Katie Hopkins has joined UKIP, the party has confirmed. The right-wing media figure was welcomed by the Eurosceptic party in an announcement on Twitter earlier today. In a video posted on the party’s Facebook page, the 45-year-old said she was joining the group in order to “stand with ordinary Brits”. Hopkins claimed that she “maybe […]

A former MP has claimed that the Essex town of Clacton was responsible for delivering Brexit. Douglas Carswell, who defected from the Tories to UKIP in 2014 before calling a by-election, claims that his win in that vote caused David Cameron to hold the EU referendum shortly after. The Vote Leave politician, recently appointed to […]

A former UKIP MP has been appointed by Liz Truss as a government trade advisor. Douglas Carswell, who defected from the Tories to UKIP in 2014, has become one of four new non-executive directors to the Department for International Trade (DIT) to “bring vast experience and expertise to the department at a critical time for the […]

Former UKIP leader Gerard Batten has been mocked after claiming that Dawn French’s Vicar of Dibley character symbolises “satanism”. In a call to “defund the BBC”, the short-lived UKIP leader was branded an “idiot” for his musings on the popular comedy show. He tweeted: “Please retweet this. Dawn French, the BBC’s Vicar of Dibley wears […]

UKIP is attempting to revive its party by focusing on the London mayoral elections after it installed Neil Hamilton as its new leader. Guido Fawkes reports that the party’s frontrunner with the NEC for the 2021 elections is Dr Peter Gammons. Gammons is said to be a professional “inspirational and motivational speaker” and is reported to […]