It’s not often I agree with Nigel Farage but his assessment of UKIP’s drift under Gerard Batten is more-or-less spot on. Batten has made the critical mistake of confusing social media with political reality, an […]
The ‘UKIP-isation’ of Labour’s New Immigration Policy
The aims of the Labour Party’s new immigration policy, to create a level playing field for EU and non-EU migrants whilst allowing workers with specific skill sets into the country, is both laudable and economically […]
About last night: where are we now?
Theresa May’s snap election didn’t go entirely to plan. Much has changed, but not in the way most forecasted, with the Tories only to be saved from a hung parliament by the support of Northern Ireland’s […]
Leeds UKIP candidate supports NHS privatisation
Leeds Central UKIP candidate Bill Palfreman has expressed his support for privatising the NHS at a hustings organised by Open Rights Group, Amnesty International, and Global Justice Now. Speaking first to the public in relation to […]
68% of Leeds University staff ‘likely to vote Labour’
An election survey by Times Higher Education (THE) has revealed that almost 3/4 of staff at the University will vote for the Labour party this Thursday. The survey, which was released online gained 1,019 responses from […]
UKIP Secretary asks Leeds student: ‘What are LGBT people?’
A Leeds University student has been left shocked after receiving an email from UKIP’s Yorkshire regional secretary asking her to explain “what LGBT people are.” Charlie Smith, a third year Broadcast Journalism student, contacted Peter […]
New year, new you
It’s an exciting time, this. It’s a new year, a new term, a new start. This time of year is great for updating your outlook, and making some changes for the future. Alas, for me, […]
UPDATE: Leeds graduate dies in Thailand
The family of a Leeds University graduate who died in Thailand last week have paid tribute to their daughter who they claim died from natural causes. Posting on Christina Annesley’s Facebook page, her mother Margaret […]
The Charlie Hebdo series: a fight for cultural acceptance, a fight for human rights
Amongst humanity’s many crimes, failure to ingrain tolerance at the foundations of society must sit the highest. The despicable acts of the men responsible for yesterday’s attack on the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris have […]
UKIP victory is a false dawn for British democracy
It cannot be denied that UKIP have had a good month. Not only has Nigel Farage been invited to take part in the party leader’s TV debate in 2015, but Tory defector Douglas Carswell was […]
The Digest – 17/10/14
Former Tory Becomes First UKIP MP Last Friday, UKIP candidate Douglas Carswell won the party’s first parliamentary seat. Carswell, who won the same Clacton seat as a Conservative candidate in 2010, eased to victory with […]
Comment | Feckless Farage and his malignant politics
Are you not getting that promotion you want at work? I think it’s time you blamed the EU. Unable to shoot your noisy immigrant neighbours? Well, that’s down to some unacceptably semi-literate ruling passed by […]