Tag Archives: UKIP

In 2006, at the height of the hysteria over the face veil, the Guardian‘s Jonathan Freedland imagined what it must be like to be a Muslim in Britain. “I wouldn’t just feel frightened,” he wrote. “I would be looking for my passport.” On Sunday, as the European election results began to …

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has been victorious in the European elections, marking their first national election win and pushing the Labour party and the Tories into a position of having to vie for second place — for the first time since 1906. Posing as quintessential nationalists, UKIP spokespersons have run …

Nigel Farage endured a car crash live radio interview with LBC presenter James O’Brien on Friday morning. In began with the Ukip leader challenged over the “avalanche” of controversial comments made by his candidates. One Ukip candidate was revealed to have made remarks about what would happen if he “shot one poofter”. Farage said he …