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08/10/20 15:26

Ramsay Urquhart (left, with his widow Pan Ei Phyu and right), 33, was found wrapped tightly in a duvet at a flat in London and his laptop was missing. Police described his death as ‘unexplained but not suspicious’. A post mortem said the death was ‘unascertained’. His grieving father Murdo, 67, has now secured a fresh investigation by a coroner in Sunderland, which he hopes will piece together exactly what happened….read

Coroner reopens death investigation of UKIP candidate found in blood

08/10/20 01:58

Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham (pictured) said she did not believe the firm and its associate company SCL had played a role in the vote.

Cambridge Analytica didn’t try to influence EU referendum, probe finds

23/08/20 00:03

TALK OF THE TOWN: Mr Bolton caused uproar when he left his third wife after meeting party supporter Ms Marney at a Ukip Christmas lunch in 2017 but the controversial affair is now over.

TALK OF THE TOWN: The party is over for scandal-hit Ukip lovers

20/08/20 17:34

A friend of Nigel Farage and a cheerleader of Boris Johnson, Bannon has championed the Leave movement in Britain and Eurosceptic parties on the march across the continent.

Steve Bannon’s links to Brexit

06/08/20 14:50

Housing Secretary said he wished he had not sat with Richard Desmond at an event just weeks before approving Westferry Printworks scheme before it could be hit by a local development levy.

Housing Secretary regrets ‘cash-for-access’ Tory donor dinner

31/07/20 17:38

Derek Jennings, 53, was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court after pleading guilty to violent disorder ahead of the match at Fratton Park on September 24 last year.

Ex-Ukip candidate is jailed for punching a police horse

05/07/20 18:01

Nigel Farage, 56, denied breaking lockdown after he visited a pub on Super Saturday – less than two weeks after he returned from a trip to the US. He was reported to the police by MP Ed Davey.

Nigel Farage hits back at Lib Dem leader who reported him to police

04/07/20 17:15

Mr Farage, 56, found himself at the centre of the unexpected row after posting a picture of himself enjoying his first pint at the pub. He had been in America on June 20 and said he did nothing wrong

Lib Dem leader calls POLICE on Nigel Farage over lockdown pint

22/06/20 15:49

The former London regional organiser is the party’s sixth leader in just four years  and he admitted the party which won popularity under Nigel Farage had ‘gone astray’.

Ukip’s new leader lists ‘Nazi Germany’ among his hobbies 

13/06/20 00:31

Stuart is 85, very chatty, has incurable stomach cancer and has been given just six months to live. ‘I’m very disappointed,’ is how he puts it. ‘The doctors have been a bit pessimistic’.

Tycoon Stuart Wheeler will not let cancer spoil a good party

08/06/20 11:17

David Noakes, 67, from Waldershare, Dover, was jailed for 15 months in November 2018 for his role as a ‘central figure’ in an organisation manufacturing and selling an alleged cancer cure.

Millionaire who sold bogus ‘cure’ for cancer told to repay £1.3million

02/04/20 16:15

Mr Banks, who bankrolled Nigel Farage’s campaign to leave the EU, argued that his political donations being exempt from inheritance tax breached his human rights and breached EU law.

Arron Banks loses bid to overturn £160k tax bill on UKIP donations

16/02/20 16:38

EXCLUSIVE Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was visiting UKIP Peer Lord Pearson in March 2018 when he passed the guard in the London landmark.

Security guard tells Tommy Robinson: ‘Keep up the good work’

29/01/20 11:46

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage told a Channel 4 documentary he believed Dominic Cummings was behind persuading Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to form a Leave alliance.

Nigel Farage says Dominic Cummings is a ‘horrible, nasty little man’

20/11/19 17:06

Amjad Bashir will no longer be able to fight the Leeds North East constituency – a blow to Boris Johnson’s chances of securing a majority on December 12.

Conservative candidate is fired for anti-Semitic rant

10/11/19 00:13

DAN HODGES: I’m in Bolsover, the sort of seat where they once needed scales to measure the size of the Labour vote.Local MP Dennis ‘The Beast’ Skinner is party royalty.

DAN HODGES: Will Corbyn’s Brexit betrayal kill off Beast of Bolsover?

07/11/19 15:08

Judges at the European Court of Justice ruled Thursday that the now-defunct Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe does not have to repay almost £150,000 in funds it was given in 2016.

UKIP-linked group will not have to repay EU funds, judges rules

19/09/19 13:41

Mr Braine, who only replaced hardliner Gerard Batten in the summer, entered a public row with the party’s ruling national executive committee after he called for the Newport event to be cancelled.

Ukip leader Richard Braine is boycotting his OWN party conference

15/09/19 13:16

The former prime minister singled out Boris Johnson’s new chief of staff, the then Ukip leader Mr Farage and Mr Banks, the Leave.EU chief and controversial businessman.

Brexit Leave campaign was a ‘cauldron of toxicity’ says David Cameron

12/09/19 15:44

Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to reverse his decision to rule out an electoral pact with Nigel Farage.

Boris Johnson under pressure over Nigel Farage attack

12/09/19 01:04

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: William Cash was snubbed by his sister Laetitia, who boycotted the launch of his memoir Restoration Heart at the Pall Mall Gallery, London

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Boris Johnson’s secrets cause a stir

11/09/19 13:37

Boris Johnson has ruled out striking an electoral pact with Nigel Farage as a senior Conservative source said the Brexit Party leader should ‘never be allowed near government’.

Boris Johnson launches attack on ‘not fit and proper’ Nigel Farage

10/09/19 23:33

Hardline Brexiteer Nigel Farage wants to go after Labour seats where UKIP has previously had some success, such as in the Midlands and North East.

Brexit Party will agree election pact with the Tories

20/08/19 19:23

BBC News reported on its website in May that anti-Brexit parties won 40% of the vote in Brussels. But it failed to include the Tories in its tally. The BBC said there had been a ‘lapse of editorial standards’.

Misleading Brexit BBC graphic was a ‘lapse in editorial standards’

14/08/19 11:42

Kate Garraway left her Good Morning Britain co-host Richard Madeley red-faced after making a cheeky remark about his name on Wednesday.

Kate Garraway shocks Richard Madeley with cheeky remark about his name

14/08/19 08:11

The latest leader of the anti-EU party responded by pointing out that at least he’d stuck to his birth name, unlike the former chancellor, who swapped from Gideon to George as a teenager.

Don’t call me Dick Braine! New UKIP chief in spat with George Osborne

12/08/19 17:40

The right-wing politician, who took over as the Ukip leader at the weekend, referred to the mayor as ‘Siddique Khan’, before adding: ‘Apologies, I often confuse him with the leader of the 7/7 bombers.’

New Ukip leader Richard Braine sparks a race row with Sadiq Khan tweet

11/08/19 15:03

The Sunday Project’s hosts were literally reduced to tears of laughter during Sunday night’s episode of the Australian current affairs show. 

The Project hosts giggle like school children over Dick Braine

10/08/19 18:18

Richard Braine (pictured), the chairman of the party’s West London branch, won 53 per cent of the vote and becomes Ukip’s sixth permanent leader in a turbulent three years.

Richard Braine is elected Ukip leader replacing Gerard Batten

26/07/19 09:27

Neil Hamilton, 70, who is AM for the Mid and West Wales region, took to social media on Wednesday to mock the young campaigner as temperatures across the country soared.

UKIP politician blasted over attack on 16-year-old Greta Thunberg

30/06/19 09:12

The Brexit Party and former UKIP leader, 55, branded Year Of The Rabbit ‘totally sick and frankly irresponsible’ after it emerged they will kill off ‘Neil Fromage’ on tomorrow night’s show.

Nigel Farage blasts Channel 4 over comedy showing spoof of him killed

18/06/19 08:23

The Brexit Party leader said he had been approached by Conservative officials about working together to avoid splitting the Brexiteer vote.

‘I won’t do a deal with Boris’, says Farage

28/05/19 10:26

The former Labour Prime Minister was the latest pro-EU figure to attempt to turn the result away from a crushing victory for Nigel Farage. The Brexit Party romped home, raking in 31.6 per cent of the vote.

Blair insists Remain votes DO ‘add up’ to a majority in Euro elections

27/05/19 04:34

Nigel Farage’s former party was the winner in the UK’s European Parliament election in 2014 but struggled in this year’s race, with party leader Gerard Batten (pictured) losing his seat.

Ukip loses ALL its MEPs at European elections

27/05/19 01:41

Mr Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, fumed that he had been denied a platform on social media after he came in eighth place out of 11 in the North West England region with 38,908 votes.

Tommy Robinson LOSES his MEP bid in European elections

26/05/19 23:57

Mr Farage’s movement claimed 32 per cent of the vote in Wales, with Plaid Cymru on 20 per cent and Labour in third place on 15 per cent (pictured, ballots being counted in Pembrokeshire).

Labour drops to THIRD in Wales as Farage’s Brexit Party wins

21/05/19 09:32

Kalvin Chapman (pictured) took an overdose at his home in Manchester then emailed police politely requesting that they come to collect his body, writing: ‘My flat door is unlocked. Much appreciated.’

Lawyer is first known British victim of ‘Mexico suicide tourism’

19/05/19 19:19

UKIP European election candidate Carl Benjamin was targeted by a protester who threw milkshake at him while he walked through the streets of Salisbury this afternoon.

Ukip candidate Carl Benjamin falls victim to milkshake attack

18/05/19 16:05

The former Ukip leader was in Edinburgh yesterday to address supporters at an EU elections rally just 200 metres from the fast food chain.

Police order McDonald’s to stop selling milkshakes near Nigel Farage

16/05/19 18:20

Channel 4 News has seen invoices, emails and other documents which show the extent of Nigel Farage’s financial reliance on millionaire businessman Arron Banks since 2016.

Arron Banks ‘spent £450k on Nigel Farage – including a £4.4m home’

13/05/19 00:29

Mr Farage strolled into a BBC studio with the cocky air of a heavyweight boxer looking forward to a walkover, writes PETER OBORNE. Fifteen minutes later, however, he left the ring battered and bruised.

PETER OBORNE: Nigel Farage’s blustering about BBC exposed his flaws 

11/05/19 20:45

A video has emerged of a woman throwing a milkshake at a double-parked UKIP bus in Plymouth. Amy Thompson, 20, hurled the milkshake onto the bus to protest against the party.

Plymouth woman throws milkshake on UKIP bus featuring Gerard Batten

11/05/19 12:23

The former UKIP leader was awkwardly pictured with his mouth wide open about to scoff the slice of cake before washing it down with a cup of tea. He’s in Sunderland kick-starting a Brexit Party rally.

Nigel Farage returns to campaign trail hours after car crash

07/05/19 13:50

The former Ukip leader said his fledgling party was looking past the European elections on May 23 towards any national poll called if politicians fail to deliver a Brexit deal.

Nigel Farage targets ‘big bucks’ from frustrated Tory donors

07/05/19 11:57

Carl Benjamin, who previously posted a social media message saying he ‘wouldn’t even rape’ the Birmingham Yardley MP, posted a video online saying that ‘with enough pressure I might cave’.

Police probe Ukip election candidate over ‘rape MP’ YouTube video

07/05/19 11:48

The former Ukip leader, who quit over its political lurch to the right under Gerard Batten and now leads the Brexit Party, admitted appearing on Infowars with the website’s host Alex Jones.

Nigel Farage blasted over appearances on far-right US website Infowars

06/05/19 18:16

Gerard Batten has announced that he will stand down as UKIP leader on June 2 and his departure will trigger a leadership contest in the party. Batten is yet to confirm if he will run.

UKIP leader Gerard Batten reveals he will on June 2

04/05/19 17:30

Birmingham Yardley MP Jess Phillips was made aware of videos posted by far-right extremist Carl Benjamin – who is standing for Ukip – who said he ‘wouldn’t even rape’ Ms Phillips.

Jess Phillips ‘being courted by’ Independent Group MPs

04/05/19 14:18

Justice Secretary David Gauke said the outcome would have been different had the Government succeeded in getting its Brexit deal through the Commons.

David Gauke says local election shambles is ‘punishment’ for Brexit

03/05/19 12:41

Votes took place in 248 English councils and 11 Northern Ireland authorities amid a backdrop of Brexit anger. The Tories held on to 93 councils, while Labour now have control of 60.

Tories suffer worst local election for 24 years in Brexit backlash

02/05/19 22:24

Polls closed at 10pm with the first results expected to start being announced around midnight. The Tories are braced to lose more than 800 seats in their worst performance since 1995

Tories braced for local election wipeout as millions go to polls

02/05/19 15:54

Phillip Basey, accountant and father of ex-topless model Loretta, has been appointed as the new Treasurer for the Brexit Party after the previous incumbent was removed over anti-semitic posts.

Brexit Party treasurer is dad of ex-Page 3 model wed to Nat Rothschild

02/05/19 08:12

The Tories are primed to face a hiding in votes taking place today amid fears that they could lose more than 800 seats on councils in England as voters vent frustration over the Brexit delay.

Tories seek to avoid a Brexit backlash in local elections

02/05/19 02:02

Polling expert Sir John Curtice said the absence of Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party and a shortage of Ukip candidates in the local elections was a ‘silver lining’ for Theresa May.

Tories may ESCAPE election mauling as Farage’s party not on ballot

01/05/19 10:47

Mrs May squared off against the Labour leader at Prime Minister’s Questions less than 24 hours before the polls open in elections in England and Northern Ireland.

Election guru says Tories will beat expectations in local elections

28/04/19 01:32

A senior Ukip source has told The Mail on Sunday that they have passed a dossier to Wiltshire police containing deeply offensive remarks made by Mr Benjamin, pictured above.

Ukip candidate says it’s OK to sexually abuse boys 

26/04/19 07:57

Robinson spoke to 300 people in Wythenshawe, Manchester yesterday where he revealed he will be running as an independent candidate in the North West.

Tommy Robinson forced to stop offering free burgers as it breaks law

25/04/19 16:32

The former EDL leader, 36, will go up against candidates in the north-west and took a swipe at Nigel Farage , whose new Brexit Party is doing well in the polls, calling him: ‘Just another millionaire’.

Tommy Robinson announces he will stand as an MEP in European elections

18/04/19 08:26

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said it was clear the ‘public are warming to us’ and he moves to crush both the Tory party and his old force Ukip.

‘Excited’ Farage revels in the ‘very good start’ for his Brexit Party

17/04/19 10:16

A second YouGov survey on the state of the party’s ahead of EU Parliament elections shows the Brexit Party rising dramatically from 15 per cent to 27 per cent.

Pollster predicts Farage’s Brexit Party could WIN the EU elections

12/04/19 00:05

Nigel Farage has vowed to take votes from the ‘tarnished’ party he left in December and started a new war of words with successor Gerard Batten by claiming he lacks ‘good people’.

Farage vows fightback against `establishment´ betrayal of Brexit

05/04/19 02:02

Ruth Jones won the Newport West by-election with 39.6 per cent of the vote – but that was down 12.7 per cent on the result of the veteran MP Paul Flynn who died in February.

Labour wins Newport West but support for them and Tories collapses

23/02/19 18:21

A video of Robinson – real name Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon – declaring himself the ‘king of the whole Islam race’, was played on a big screen outside the BBC headquarters.

Tommy Robinson and his followers protest outside BBC HQ in Manchester

25/01/19 10:17

William Colledge from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, also slammed politicians for ‘being rude and talking over one another’ in a letter as he practised his handwriting.

Schoolboy, 10, writes about Brexit in hilarious handwriting practice

21/01/19 16:49

Kenneth Allen (pictured with Ukip leader Gerard Batten), of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, made the threat on Facebook against Gina Miller, who campaigned for MPs to vote on Article 50.

Outrage at UKIP member who called for anti-Brexit campaigner

16/01/19 11:14

Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage told the European Parliament that the ‘lion will roar’ if another national ballot is held.

Farage says Brexit majority will be BIGGER if there is new referendum

03/01/19 00:03

Multiple sources inside Ukip have reportedly claimed there are secret plans by current leader Gerard Batten to install English Defence League (EDL) founder as leader when he stands down.

Tommy Robinson ‘being lined up to become next Ukip leader’ 

20/12/18 10:02

The millionaire UKIP donor and self-titled ‘Bad Boy of Brexit’ has hit a stumbling block on his project in the West Country amid complaints from residents and the local council.

Work halts on Brexit and Ukip backer Arron Banks’ six luxury homes

14/12/18 21:08

Nigel Farage and Jacob Rees-Mogg were pictured awkwardly sitting next to each other at a pro-Brexit rally in central London on Friday night, before breaking into grins and giggles.  

Nigel Farage believes there will be a second referendum

09/12/18 13:09

Ukip claimed up to 10,000 supporters attended its protest in London against Theresa May’s deal, whereas the counter-protest’s organisers said they had attracted 15,000.

Ukip march attracts more protesters than supporters

08/12/18 00:55

An investigation has revealed how former EDL founder Tommy Robinson is receiving significant financial and political support from abroad – including from a US tech billionaire.

Revealed: Hidden network behind far-Right activist Tommy Robinson

04/12/18 18:10

The former UKIP leader has long opposed the appointment of the far-right thug, which has been championed by current party leader Gerard Batten.

Nigel Farage QUITS Ukip in protest over Tommy Robinson

22/11/18 20:01

Robinson, who was jailed and then freed this year after jeopardising the trial of a gang of child abusers in Huddersfield with a live Facebook video, will work as an aide of UKIP leader Gerard Batten.

Tommy Robinson gets UKIP job to advise on rape gangs and prisons

29/10/18 17:38

Craig Mackinlay, 52, is on trial alongside staff accused of overspending in his successful bid to beat the then UKIP leader Nigel Farage to the seat of South Thanet, Kent, in 2015.

Tory MP’s general election expenses form may have been forged

17/10/18 18:09

Tory MP Craig Mackinlay needed extra resources to defeat Nigel Farage after one third of Conservative activists in his Thanet South constituency defected to Ukip, a court heard today.

Tory Craig Mackinlay ‘overspent’ on campaign by £66k to defeat Ukip

22/09/18 12:47

The proposal was announced in a policy document for this weekend’s UKIP conference in Birmingham, as Nigel Farage (pictured today) warned against a lurch to the far right.

UKIP demands Muslim-only jails to stop extremists converting inmates

06/09/18 12:27

Some senior member Ukip’s are ‘spitting feathers’ at the move to let the far-right activist into the party and are determined to block his entry.

Ukip could vote to let EDL founder Tommy Robinson in as a member

30/08/18 12:15

The leading Brexiteer said he is being urged by a group of friends to throw his hat into the ring for the next contest.

Nigel Farage says he could run for London mayor

28/08/18 00:01

A column item on 20 August said that Ely Cathedral recently flew the UKIP flag. This was mistakenly mentioned following publication of a manipulated image online.

Corrections and clarifications

07/08/18 18:25

Elizabeth Jones, Luke Nash-Jones and Martin Costello were suspended from Ukip after the incident at Bookmarks in Bloomsbury, central London, on Saturday.

Ukip suspends three party members after thugs trash left-wing bookshop