A UKIP councillor has sparked a row over a Facebook post describing EU remain voters as "traitors" who should "face the death penalty".
Hate-filled platform has no restrictions on antisemitic, misogynist or racist content. / Leading figures on the far right, including Ukip candidates in the upcoming European elections, are encouraging their followers to join a new hate-filled social media platform. The network, called Gab, has no restrictions on antisemitic, misogynist or racist content, and has been used to promote terrorism.
Ukip candidate refuses to apologise to Labour MP over rape tweet as pro-Leave party launches EU election campaign
18/04/2019
A Ukip election candidate has refused to apologise for sending a rape tweet to Labour’s Jess Phillips, as the anti-EU party kicked off its European election campaign at a chaotic event.
UKIP's ruling body has agreed to campaign against devolution in Wales, calling for a poll on the future of the National Assembly for Wales.
The Conservative Party was once seen as Europe's best-oiled political machine. But Brexit and Theresa May have turned it into a smoldering wreck. Now, the party faces the dire prospect of EU elections. /
However, disenchantment with Brexit has been one of the most notable trends of 2022 with a feeling that it has not lived up to the promises made at the time of the referendum. / Two thirds or 65% of British people think Brexit has gone badly compared to just 21% who think it has gone well according to an Opinium survey in early December.
Jacob Rees-Mogg and Priti Patel tweet support for offshoot of US group accused of anti-Islam views.
Officers are investigating malicious communications bearing UKIP's logo that tells MPs "we're watching you".
Ex-Ukip deputy leader David Bannerman under fire for proposing post-Brexit update.
Three female MEPs have quit UKIP after the party's leader Gerard Batten defended a candidate's comments about rape as "satire".
Once an obscure idea confined to the darker corners of the internet, the anti-Islam ideology is now visible in the everyday politics of the west. How did this happen?
Tesco baby food blackmail farmer revealed as former North East Lincolnshire Councillor and Tory chairman
22/08/2020
The man behind the plot to blackmail Tesco for £1.4m by contaminating jars of baby food was a Ukip MP candidate and a Grimsby Conservative chairman.
David Campbell Bannerman, who wants to stand for South Norfolk, launched body that attacked privileges committee.
Russian Interference in Brexit [10 mins]
20/01/2023
The UK government has been asked by the European Court Of Human Rights (ECHR) to respond to ‘credible allegations’ of Russian interference in the Brexit referendum.
eter Jukes tracks Putin’s long war against democracy and the West – and the Russian President’s allies in Britain’s pro-Brexit establishment.
Pro-Brexit Leave.EU group accused of faking videos and forging images of migrants committing crimes
16/04/2019
Campaign group led by former Ukip donor Arron Banks accused of 'fake news' over viral video. / Pro-Brexit campaign group Leave.EU has been accused of faking a viral video of illegal "migrants" and forging images purporting to show immigrants committing violent crimes.
European election candidate Carl Benjamin has added to original comments on YouTube. / Police are investigating comments by a Ukip candidate in the European elections speculating about whether he would rape the MP Jess Phillips amid growing concern over threats to politicians.
Police brace for disorder after far-right protesters threaten to riot on what would have been Brexit day
28/03/2019
Ukip, Tommy Robinson, the UK “yellow vests”, Democratic Football Lads Alliance and Leave Means Leave campaign are holding rallies in the capital, on the day Britain was due to leave the EU.
No-deal Brexit support and 'blatant entryism' surges among grassroots Conservatives and former Ukip voters
30/06/2019
More than three-quarters of members who joined after 2017 general election back crashing out of EU with no agreement.
The Ukip leader was forced to back down and declare his party’s support for a state-funded health service last November after a film emerged of him backing a switch to an insurance system. After Labour claimed that Ukip would privatise the NHS, he admitted he had not carried his Ukip colleagues with him.
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage, who once vowed to leave the country if Brexit turned out to be a disaster, has stated: "Brexit has failed."
Nigel Farage says four AMs to form group
15/05/2019
Four former UKIP AMs have joined Nigel Farage's Brexit Party, announcing plans to form an assembly group.
He’s the most effective demagogue in a generation. Now he sets the agenda. / "The Brexit Party’s campaign was a one-man show. While it has a sophisticated digital strategy, the party has no members and no manifesto, and none of its candidates were democratically selected."