Sentences with phrase «ukip at»

Will those who voted for UKIP at the local elections last month turn a blind eye to newspaper reports that the leader they've turned to, the «charismatic» Nigel Farage, set up an offshore trust fund?

Mr Howson, from Leek, Staffordshire, explained he was a Tory party member but had voted for Ukip at the last general election and said he held Mr Cameron personally responsible for its rise because of «a botched up in - out referendum».

Well I believe Katie Hopkins endorsed UKIP at the last election.

The conservatives have a golden chance with their manifesto to bring all strands of conservative thinking together (and take over Ukip at the same time).

Asked whether the threat of UKIP could cause Plaid to lose their only seat in the European Parliament, Ms Wood said that choosing to vote for UKIP at the forthcoming elections would mean «a dangerous future» for Wales and that it was important to choose a party like them who wanted to remain part of the EU.

A third of voters in 40 marginal seats would consider voting for Ukip at the next general election but over half said they would next cast their ballot for the eurosceptic party, a new ComRes poll for ITV News suggests.

Cameron said that was unacceptable (although he did not rule out the Tories working with Ukip at local council level).

Almost as interesting was this poll putting Ukip at least two points higher than most others.

He has served as a Rhayader town councillor and Powys county councillor and was a candidate for UKIP at the Ceredigion by - election in 2000, the 2005 general election and 2007 Welsh assembly election.

Now if we are driven into voting for UKIP, which does still espouse many Traditional Tory Policies, is unequivocal on a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty and which has eschewed all the Eco-rubbish which has beguiled the other political parties such as New Labour, New Conservative and the Lib Dems, this may not win any seats for UKIP at the next General Election, indeed they will be lucky to hold onto Bob Spink's seat at Castle Point under FPTP.

Btw - did conservativehome do a poll to find out how many conservative voters, if not members, actually voted for UKIP at the last Euro poll?

Many Conservatives vote for UKIP at European elections because it's a good way of putting pressure on their own party to become more eurosceptical.

None of these things are true of UKIP at all.

A strong showing by the Kilroy - Silk - powered UKIP at the 2004 Elections somewhat derailed Michael Howard.

Conservatives who advocated supporting UKIP at previous European elections - while promising to return to the Tory fold immediately afterwards - have been expelled.

«Strategic defectors» are voters who support Ukip at European elections but return to the Conservatives at general elections: they are older, financially comfortable, middle - class men with Conservative sympathies, socially conservative Eurosceptics who are motivated principally by their desire to send a message to the Conservatives.

The then Tory leader was under pressure from his own backbenchers and wanted to stop Tory voters from drifting to UKIP at the 2010.

But Westminster is rife with speculation the maverick MP could quit the party and stand for Ukip at the next General Election.

The group have repeatedly urged their supporters to back Nigel Farage's party with the slogan: «Ukip at the ballot box, Britain First on the streets.»

Tories should vote Ukip at the European elections next year.

More importantly they hand Nigel Farage another opportunity to siphon off Tory votes to Ukip at the business end of the campaign.

The initial Labour reaction to the success of UKIP at attracting working class voters in many areas has focussed on the right policy response.

Nobody should be surprised that YouGov's latest poll for the Sun has UKIP at its highest level yet, 12 %, following the Eastleigh result.

and found support for UKIP at 35 %.

When 4.5 million people vote UKIP at a general election, and are rewarded with a solitary MP, we should not be surprised if they conclude that Parliament is something done to them by an external elite.

However, the extremist group has long seen itself as the paramilitary wing of the nationalist movement, telling supporters that it's «Ukip at the ballot box, Brtiain First on the streets».

2) The rise of UKIP at the 2013 local elections dramatically alters the predicted UKIP vote share, lowers both the Conservative and Labour vote shares but also increases the margin of error around the predictions.

Leaders were also spooked by the surge of Ukip at the Eastleigh by - election, where the party used a strong anti-immigration message to pip the Tories to second place.

Data from British Election Study panel surveys shows that the main problem UKIP has faced in translating its success from European Parliament elections to general elections has been retaining voters, whether because some UKIP voters only vote UKIP at European Parliament elections in protest and the return to their «normal» party for general elections or because the nature of the British electoral system incentivises voters to cast their vote for one of the existing main parties rather than a new entrant.

The 2010 wave of the survey reported an even smaller proportion in terms of actual vote choice, with only 21 % of 2009 UKIP voters voting UKIP at the 2010 general election.

Admittedly there are only 69 such divisions where the three main parties stood each time and UKIP at least one time and they fought either all or none of the constituent wards in a division in 2012.

Not exact matches

Leader of the UKIP and Vote Leave campaign Nigel Farage arrives to speak to the assembled media at College Green, Westminster following the results of the EU referendum on June 24, 2016 in London.

Matthew Goodwin, the professor of politics at the University of Kent who is the author of a book on UKIP's rise, pointed out that the elite had failed to appeal to many in U.K. society.

Disgusted at UKIP and their cohorts BNP, Britain First and Pegida using #ParisAttacks to attack refugees and Muslims pic.twitter.com/pr7hlU0X 5w

UKIP's leader Paul Nuttall was recently forced to apologise after claims made on his website that he had lost close personal friends at the Hillsborough disaster were found to be untrue.

Both of these commentators focus on the comedian who performed at the after - dinner entertainment and, more importantly, Nigel Farage's defence of his deeply unpleasant act, leading Dan Hodges to say in the Telegraph: «Ukip is now a racist party».

On the night of the EU referendum at the leavers» party at Millbank Tower, the UKIP leader said both privately and on camera: «I still think Remain will edge it».

Conservatives are now throwing everything at defeating Reckless in the upcoming by - election, in a bid to stem the flow of Tory MPs willing to switch to Ukip.

Flint held her seat at the general election despite a Tory challenge fuelled by former Ukip voters.

Three leading Ukip MEP candidates have released a statement saying they have «formally asked the chief constable to arrest any protestors who call our supporters «fascists»,» at a public meeting in Hove due to take place today.

«We believe that the Conservatives at the next election need to be seen to be taking on the big, difficult issues facing society and not be distracted by the Ukip agenda of Europe and immigration.»

Green party MP Caroline Lucas said: «Sadly, this immature, public schoolboy mentality is an unpleasant fact of politics - and Ukip seem to excel at it.

A rare poll of Conservative party members has revealed a rank - and - file increasingly at odds with the leadership and considering transferring its allegiance to Ukip.

Forecasting that the Ukip vote, which stood at 4,154 in 2015, would split between Labour and the Tories, Gill adjusted her strategy, and was aided by the momentum of the national campaigns.

We've seen the system used very effectively by the Greens and very effectively by Ukip, and it's really at the point that you start to threaten the vote that you can have an impact.»

In other developments, reports emerged of Nigel Farage allegedly holding fascist views and singing pro-Hitler songs at school while a former Ukip MEP said the candidate selection process was «gerrymandered».

Ukip's spring conference was more of a whimper than a bang in all but one regard: commentators are saying, among them in the Telegraph and on Politics.co.uk, that it marked the point at which the party stepped over a line.

The Ukip leader yesterday admitted he had said a number of «ridiculous things» while at school but insisted they were «not necessarily racist».

«I'm not really clear about Ukip's defence policy at the moment.

I went along to cover the event, but at the last minute the Ukip leader was forced to cancel his appearance because a number of heated arguments had broken out between his supporters and protesters.