Sentences with phrase «joining ukip»

Before joining Ukip, Evans was a councillor in the London borough of Merton for the Conservatives and was the deputy leader of the party's grouping on the council.

«Today I am leaving the Conservative Party and joining Ukip,» Mr Reckless said.

Conservative MP for Rochester and Strood Mark Reckless is joining Ukip, he announced today at the party's conference.

Before joining UKIP he had been at various times a member of the Conservative Party (for whom he was a local councillor), the New Britain Party and the Referendum Party.

However, before joining UKIP Campbell - Bannerman was previously a member of the Conservative Party and a Conservative Party councillor, so his re-defection is a homecoming of sorts.

On 28 August Douglas Carswell announced he was leaving the Conservative Party and joining UKIP.

[93] They also spoke of the DUP joining UKIP in this arrangement.

Serial Tory rebel Philip Davies has given a frank interview to TP in which he declares that he has more in common with Nigel Farage than David Cameron - but insists he has no interest in joining Ukip.

Clegg accused his coalition partners of joining Ukip in the belief that «every worry can be fixed with a big wave of the Union Jack.»

John Glenn's been speaking about the decision by his former colleague - Douglas Carswell - to join UKIP.

There were extraordinary scenes in central London today, as Douglas Carswell defected from the Conservative party and joined Ukip.

CHannel 4 have joined Ukip and the Tories in turning immigrants and benefit claimants into modern day witches.

Is she willing to use her considerable new fame to advance Tory causes or to join UKIP and split the Eurosceptic vote?

Just spoken to Tory parliamentary candidate for Hull West and Hessle, Mike Whitehead, who has now left the Conservatives and joined UKIP!

Rannoch joined UKIP in 2007 and served as party leader for a year.

Some have speculated that she might join UKIP in protest at the fact that the whip still hasn't be restored to her - six months after it was suspended because she appeared on ITV's I Am A Celebrity programme.

Former Conservative parliamentary candidate Mike Whitehead has claimed he was fired in a «pre-emptive strike» as the Tories knew he was about to join Ukip.

Reports of Conservative voters jumping ship to join UKIP, follow previous defections including Winston Churchill, elected as a Conservative MP defecting to the Liberal Party and back again, plus the SDP in 1981 mainly formed from the Labour ranks.

The current league table of Conservative rebels is headed by Ken Clarke (although his rebelliousness is somewhat inflated by very regular rebellion during the passage of the Lisbon Treaty through the Commons); Bob Spink comes second, his 23 dissenting votes all being cast before he left the party and then joined UKIP.

When Reckless announced in 2014 that he was leaving the Tories to join Ukip, then prime minister David Cameron revealed his frustration — by accusing Reckless of betraying activists who worked to get his «fat arse» on the Commons benches.

They would not join UKIP.

Some predicted that Mr Spink would join UKIP but he initially denied it.

BBC producer, Paul Lambert who is also known as «Gobby» has announced he is leaving the BBC to join UKIP as their communications director.

«I am delighted to join the Ukip team, helping to fight for Britain's interests in Europe and for better policy on the issues that really matter to people.

Mitchell, a long - term Eurosceptic, is standing down next May, and has previously denied he will join Ukip.

Later that year he joined UKIP.

Now we learn from the Mail on Sunday that Douglas Carswell was apparently told by Claire Perry MP to «f *** off and join UKIP».

Woolfe, who joined Ukip six years ago, said the party is «riddled with infighting, proxy wars between rival camps and is run by an NEC that is not fit for purpose».

Nigel Farage made the most out of the row by taking out a full - page advert in today's Daily Telegraph telling Tory voters they are being treated with «contempt» by their own party and urging them to join Ukip.

A Conservative spokesman said: «Mark Reckless» decision to join Ukip is completely illogical.

A former Conservative parliamentary candidate has joined UKIP, amid a row in the Hull West and Hessle constituency.

When Douglas Carswell joined UKIP, James Kirkup asked, «what is UKIP?»

Mark Reckless resigns the Conservative whip joins UKIP and stands down as an MP to trigger a by election.

Diane James from Surrey joined UKIP in 2010.

«Tory MP Claire Perry reportedly told Douglas Carswell to «f *** off and join UKIP» Main George Osborne implements Ben Gummer MP's taxpayer receipt idea and also Mark Menzies MP's Sunday trading suggestion»

Labour supporters will be tempted to join the UKIP bandwagon, rather like sheep.

Not exact matches

Ukip said its vans showed a real picture of migrants entering Slovenia, a country that joined the EU in 2004 and had failed to control its border.

Ukip was a one trick pony and, as Labour's Beast of Bolsover Dennis Skinner put it, the pony's bolted when Nigel Farage galloped off to join Donald Trump's circus of horrors.

In December 2004, it was rumoured that Robert Kilroy - Silk, the former UKIP MEP had entered into negotiation to join the English Democrats.

John Rees - Evans has joined the ranks of Ukip members whose comments are attracting more attention than the party would like

The UKIP leader braved a return to the county that was the scene of his serious plane crash two years ago to join in his party's best - ever by - election performance.

The party has changed its constitution to prevent unauthorised use of the Ukip logo by supporters, members and officials, while Ukip's chairman has warned those tempted to join Twitter: «My advice: just don't.»

And while Ukip have arguably joined the political big league, the Greens appear to be getting squeezed.

(There might also be eg red - green and / or even Tory - Ukip options either involving or not involving the yellows) When, for example, the major party vote was 40 - 30 one way or the other (eg 1983, 1997) then the centre would most often join the winning party, or let it govern alone.

Despite his devout euroscepticism, Pursglove was never drawn to joining Nigel Farage's Ukip.

Even the Lib Dems, who faced a drubbing everywhere, did two points worse when Ukip joined the fight.

Adrian Masters is joined in the studio by the former leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, Lord German; Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth; Nathan Gill, the UKIP MEP and Pippa Bartolotti, the leader of the Wales Green Party.

Nigel Farage has told ITV News Ukip will not unite with Front National, the right - wing French party led Marine Le Pen, and the party will instead seek to join forces with parties that have views «consistent with classical liberal democracy».

UKIP is likely to receive its best ever election results in the European elections in May, so who is joining the ranks of the party's supporters?

In the following year, 2013 - 14, membership grew again, to 25, with Douglas Carswell, another old ally of Daniel Hannan, who was soon to make his dramatic switch to UKIP, and Sajid Javid — already a Treasury minister — joining.