Sentences with phrase «ukip mep»

9 - Nazi slogans don't go down well The first of two entries by Ukip MEPs in this list, Godfrey Bloom's outburst in the European parliament in November raised eyebrows even by their bushy standards.

Members of the Five Star party led by comedian turned politician Beppe Grillo today voted to quit the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) group which is made up mainly of Ukip MEPs and co-chaired by Farage.

Ukip MEPs are actively supporting an American right - wing corporate lobbying body which its critics say denies climate change.

Your Leader Nigel promised that UKIP MEPs would do this ten years ago so don't come here and lecture us.

Meanwhile Tory MEPs voted against a report on paid paternity leave, reducing the gender pay gap and combating violence against women, while UKIP MEPs opposed investigating tax evasion and avoidance, capping credit card charges and labelling processed meat with its country of origin.

Assuming a political Brexit by 2019, there will be no more Ukip MEPs, no more Ukip offices, staff or bottomless EU funding.

«I would like everyone to know that the parliamentary staff, the Ukip MEPs with me and hospital staff have been brilliant.

It is understood that the party's ruling national executive committee backed the decision, giving individual Ukip MEPs the choice of whether to sign up.

He and Wise were succeeded as UKIP MEPs for the East of England by David Campbell - Bannerman and Stuart Agnew.

The UKIP MEPs turned their backs as an orchestra played Beethoven's Ode to Joy, the EU's unofficial anthem.

This is certainly true for some prominent UKIP MEPs.

Not exact matches

Ukip's annual conference was hit by chaos today, after one of its MEPs hit a journalist and called a room full of women «sluts».

The region summed up: Another solid performance from Ukip, who kept Labour at bay and doubled their number of MEPs.

Five Star leader Grillo recommended leaving the EFDD because he claimed his MEPs no longer shared common aims with their Ukip counterparts now Britain is leaving the EU.

He is up against Ukip councillor Lisa Duffy (backed by Suzanne Evans), with MEPs Bill Etheridge and Jonathan Arnott also in the mix.

«Discussions» with Conservative party MPs, MEPs and peers about potential defections to Ukip are underway, Nigel Farage has claimed.

Ukip was in crisis today as one of its leading MEPs and former deputy leader defected to the Conservatives.

The 2014 European Parliament election saw the regions of England elect the following MEPs: 22 UK Independence Party (UKIP), 17 Conservatives, 17 Labour, 3 Greens, and one Liberal Democrat.

Ukip's use of expenses have come under increasing scrutiny after claims that their MEPs have been encouraged to divert parliamentary resources to the party nationally.

The deal means that the EFDD group, set up by Farage, has 25 MEPs from seven countries, which should guarantee that Ukip will maintain about # 1m a year in funding.

Mr Farage said the UKIP advance, netting 24 MEPs, was a disastrous result for Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and David Cameron.

Nigel Farage said his «dream has become a reality» after Ukip topped the European parliament polls in England and Wales leaving the party with 23 MEPs.

Earlier this month ex Ukip leader Nigel Farage mocked the EU Parliament during a speech that was heckled by MEPs.

He claimed Ukip was now the third party in British politics after the Liberal Democrats lost all but one of their MEPs in the election.

British MEPs 2007During a ceremony for the new Lisbon Treaty, British UKIP and eurosceptic Tory MEPs led a noisy protest which got out of hand.

«I'm disappointed to lose some very good MEPs, but it is worth noting Ukip themselves said this is a good chance for a «free hit».

Patrick O'Flynn is one of UKIP's hardest working MEPs.

Since the last election two MEPs have left the Conservative Party; Edward McMillan - Scott from the Yorkshire region who joined the Liberal Democrats and Roger Helmer from the East Midlands who defected to UKIP.

The state of the parties also remained static in the East of England, with the Conservatives returning three MEPs, Ukip two and Labour and the Lib Dems one each.

The election of two BNP candidates stole much of the limelight that night, but Ukip far outperformed them: it beat Labour for second place, won more than 16 % of the vote and elected more than a dozen MEPs.

Nick Clegg will use a speech at the Centre for European Reform thinktank today to accuse Ukip's MEPs of being «lazy».

UKIP will get thrashed in June and they are desperate for any debate or publicity that might just save one or two of their failed MEPs.

In the past 10 years, 1 in 3 MEPs elected for UKIP have either defected or been sacked by the party before the end of their term of office.

UKIP won 27.5 % of the vote and had 24 MEPs elected; Labour, on 25.4 % or 20 seats, narrowly beat the Tories into third place while the Lib Dems lost all but one of their seats and came sixth behind the Greens.

It is understood that UKIP, which is in the middle of its own leadership contest, have offered Mr Helmer leadership of its grouping of MEPs but he has declined.

Due to Mike Nattrass's deselection and Nikki Sinclaire's defection to the «We Demand a Referendum» party, UKIP will be fielding no incumbent MEPs.

The Conservatives will hope to hold onto their vote share against any UKIP surge, and can realistically aspire to retain two of their MEPs.

She said UKIP has had MEPs since 1999, but they «can not the deliver» the change they promise, and only her party could deliver an in - out referendum over Britain's future in the EU.

This is wrong, Richard, UKIP will not stand against any BOO MPs or MEPs from ANY Party.

UKIP will be releasing a series of quotes by Conservative MEPs and MPs supporting the Lisbon Treaty and Britain joining the Euro.

On the other hand, it's nonsense to say that UKIP won't stand against BOO MEPs, because of the way the slate system works.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has visited a Thai constituent and her husband to apologise after another of the party's MEPs described her as a «ting tong from somewhere».

At the 2009 European elections, with Mr Farage becoming a regular fixture on TV discussion programmes, UKIP got more votes than Labour and the Lib Dems, and increased its number of MEPs to 13.

I would want to be able to vote for Nigel Farage UKIP, Baroness Nicholson Lid - Dem, as I admire these two MEPs, the remaining 8 votes for the Conservatives, which to me would be a truly Democratic System especially in the South East with 10 MEPs.

Patrick O'Flynn, the party's economics spokesman and one of its most senior MEPs, breaks cover today to warn that the Ukip leader's recent behaviour risked depicting the party as an «absolute monarchy»...

According to documents leaked to Hans — Martin Tillack, a German investigative journalist, and think tank Open Europe, many high - profile MEPs are members of the scheme, including Syed Kamall, Leader of Conservative MEPs; Glenis Willmott, the leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party; Sir Graham Watson, the president of the EU — wide Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe; and Nigel Farage, leader of Ukip.

The move designed to stop leakage of UKIP votes to the BNP provoked strong criticism from both The Times and Tory MEPs.

Asked about the mixed record of its party since the 2009 elections, which has seen five of its MEPs either defect or been removed from the party, Mr Farage said UKIP had had «one or two bad apples which we have got rid of».