W ith the UKIP leadership campaign in full swing, political fanatics around the country are wondering which insane kook will be spreading bigotry next. Like a wine stain on a white carpet, Farage is back reminding Britain of it’s bad decisions. Dick Dastardly, aka Paul Nuttall, told Sky News that if he won the leadership […]
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Farage’s Future? Pauline Hanson and the One Nation Party
In the United Kingdom, we all know about Nigel Farage and the UK Independence Party. We have seen his impact on our political system in our messy exit from the EU, while his active support and defence of Donald Trump indicates his backwards attitude towards minorities and multiculturalism in general. From UKIP’s founding in 1993, the party and its […]
What next for UKIP?
A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of Brexit. At least, that is what other European populist leaders hope, until it is stamped out à la German communism in 1919. Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, confirmed this summer that this was to be so: “The chain reaction being celebrated everywhere now by Eurosceptics […]
TheUKDecides: Brexit’s silver lining
The campaigns were fought hard, with casualties on both sides (and although this refers to political casualties, the real-life tragedy of Jo Cox and her message of unity should not be forgotten). Landmarks of the Brexit battle range from the sinister to the downright surreal, from Nigel Farage’s controversial Nazi-esque immigration poster to a flotilla […]
#TheUKDecides: Let’s get satirical – ten reasons to vote remain
While reading the morning paper with my breakfast this morning, I was near reduced to a choking fit (I would like to add that it was a Bircher Muesli bowl meaning relative digestion ease, suggesting the severity of the headlines). On 1 June 2016, the EU referendum took a dramatic turn with 52 per cent of Britons […]