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Odds-on UKIP leadership favourite, Steven Woolfe, should know today whether or not he’ll be allowed on the ballot

Odds-on UKIP leadership favourite, Steven Woolfe, should know today whether or not he’ll be allowed on the ballot

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The Moss Side born barrister looks well placed build on UKIP’s strengths in LAB’s Northern heartlands Steven Woolfe MEP is the red hot odds on favourite to become UKIP leader in succession to Nigel Farage who stood down after the referendum. He’s said to have the backing of Arron Banks. He’s articulate, telegenic and an effective communicator on TV. Unlike Farage who is very much of the South East, Woolfe is from the north West where the party has had…

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David Herdson looks at the post-referendum purpose of UKIP

David Herdson looks at the post-referendum purpose of UKIP

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Your next mission, should you choose to accept it … is what? The fruitcakes have taken over the asylum. UKIP, which well under a decade ago was a fringe party – it polled only 3.1% in the 2010 general election – has achieved the purpose for which it was created. Those critics who laughed at the party’s failure to win more than one seat last year should reflect that electoral success is only a means to an end, and is…

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A BREXIT indicator? UKIP’s National Equivalent Vote share down by nearly half in 3 years

A BREXIT indicator? UKIP’s National Equivalent Vote share down by nearly half in 3 years

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Thursday saw UKIP winning just 2% of the first past the post seats Given that the dominant political story at the moment is the EU referendum it has been rather surprising that so little attention has been paid to UKIP – the party which very wisely concentrated its resources on the PR-based list seats in Wales rather than first past the post elections in the English locals. They certainly had success in Wales and also picked up two PR based…

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How Port Talbot could give us a pointer to the EURef

How Port Talbot could give us a pointer to the EURef

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Will UKIP fare well in Wales? In the hot-house of political reporting and comment, individual stories invariably seem more important at the time than they subsequently turn out to be. The future of the Port Talbot steel works is likely to be one such case. Although the closure or even mothballing of the plant would be disastrous for the town and the people who live and work there, for most of Wales – never mind the country beyond – the…

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The woman Farage sacked is 6/4 favourite to succeed him as UKIP leader

The woman Farage sacked is 6/4 favourite to succeed him as UKIP leader

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A big political story before the Easter weekend was the suspension for six months of leading UKIP figure, Suzanne Evans, who for a few days last May was acting leader of the party. She stood in after Farage carried out his promised resignation on the Friday after the general election only to return as leader the following week. Evans, a former BBC journalist and CON councillor, had become one of the most effective communicators for her party and had hopes…

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Why the decline of the BNP is good news for Farage’s UKIP

Why the decline of the BNP is good news for Farage’s UKIP

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The news this afternoon that the BNP is no longer officially a political party has been dismissed by party officials as an oversight. The move has, apparently, been caused by the failure of the party to send in the fee of £25 by the the due date with the result that it has been removed from the official list. This means that BNP candidates won’t use the party’s name, description or emblems on ballot papers. But it’s expected that things…

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Immigration might be the most important issue facing the country but it isn’t the only issue

Immigration might be the most important issue facing the country but it isn’t the only issue

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If UKIP and Leave want to make further progress and win the referendum they need to talk about things other than immigration. We see in the Ipsos Mori issues index (and in other polling) on a regular and consistent basis immigration/immigrants as the most important issue facing the UK yet if immigration/immigrants really was the most important issue then UKIP would have picked up more than one seat in May as David Cameron’s spectacular failure to cut net immigration in the…

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