Ukip: on the campaign trail with Roger Helmer
It’s now clear Ukip got a huge struggle on their hands if they hope to gain their first elected MP in the Newark by-election on 5 June.
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Researcher Oana Romocea says Ukip leader Nigel Farage’s comments are a “smokescreen” for getting Britain out of the EU, while political refugee Mariana Gordan believes Mr Farage was “not far wrong”.
Ukip leader Nigel Farage defends his suggestion that it would be right to worry about having Romanian neighbours. He was also grilled on his financial affairs and his partys view on homosexuality.
In an interview where the Ukip leader says his wife’s German is fine (because she doesn’t speak it on trains), the party’s spokesman is finally forced to step in when Farage is grilled on expenses.
A prominent youth member quits Ukip ahead of the European elections saying the party is moving in a “terrifying” direction and has “descended into a form of racist populism”.
It’s now clear Ukip got a huge struggle on their hands if they hope to gain their first elected MP in the Newark by-election on 5 June.
Channel 4 News reveals Ukip has been soliciting donations from a businessman from whom the party publicly distanced itself last year due to his “unpalatable” opinions on women and homosexuality.
The Ukip deputy chairman Neil Hamilton defends his party’s decision to take money from Demetri Marchessini, saying that – while “eccentric” – his views are not illegal.
A poll suggests Ukip has moved into the lead ahead of the European elections, after a week in which it has faced questions over its positions on foreign workers, racial tolerance and gender equality.
The Ukip poster campaign on immigration has hit a spot of bother – the actor hired to play a British worker losing out to cheap labour from Europe turns out to be a foreign worker.
A Ukip local election candidate featured in the party’s latest election broadcast has been suspended after “repellent” racist and anti-Islamic views appeared on his Twitter feed.
Ukip’s posters have caused a bit of a stir, and the party has branded comparisons with the British National Party as “ridiculous”. But what do they actually say, and how do they compare with others?
Ukip has come under fire after the party unveiled a series of anti-immigration European election campaign posters that it plans to display in “hundreds” of sites.
The UK’s election watchdog is writing to Ukip asking for “clarification” about the rent-free office at the centre of a row over the party leader Nigel Farage’s use of Brussels’ allowances.
In the constituency, of former Culture Secretary Maria Miller looking to capitalise on her resignation, the Ukip leader defends his own party’s record on claiming European allowances.
Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage have given us a taste of their forthcoming radio and TV debates by crossing swords today over their relative voting records.