Brexit vote: Number 10 aide’s view on why Remain lost
He praises the Leave side for early preparation and better knowledge of the arguments and for rebuttal speed.
Nigel Farage says the former Ukip leader Diane James should stand down as an MEP after she announced she was quitting the party.
The UK Independence Party has denied that it has mis-spent EU funds on polls during the 2015 General Election campaign and ahead of this year’s EU referendum. An audit of money spent by the Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe – with which Ukip in linked in the European Parliament – raised the allegations, which…
A little earlier I spoke to the Ukip MEP Roger Helmer from his East Midlands constituency about today’s report from the European Parliament that the party had used EU money on domestic UK activities.
Interview with Suzanne Evans, one of the three candidates for the leadership of Ukip.
He praises the Leave side for early preparation and better knowledge of the arguments and for rebuttal speed.
The message is that great change must come, dictated by the roar of the Brexit vote. She has determined what the roar meant.
Ukip donor Arron Banks believes Andrea Leadsom is the best bet for getting as much distance between the UK and the EU post the referendum.
He said having got his country back he was now saying I want my life back.
Nigel Farage insulted MEPs as strangers to the real world, ideologues in denial and people who’d never held down a proper job.
It is a massive blow to the political establishment, its biggest reverse in living memory. Immigration was the spur for many voters but this decision has consequences way beyond that issue.
It is “a very big problem” for the Remain campaign, just about their biggest headache: Labour identifiers who don’t know what Labour thinks about Europe.
Boris Johnson, the narrative goes, is for the little guy, the fellow on PAYE, the little people who pay their taxes.
Mr Corbyn mucked up the expectations management when he accidentally said Labour wouldn’t lose seats in these contests. He wasn’t that far wrong when it came to the English council elections.
Labour suffers fewer losses than predicted in English council elections, but is pushed into third place in its former Scottish heartland as the SNP wins a third term in government.
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