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Honeyball’s Weekly Round-up
Clacton in Essex, Heywood and Middleton and soon to be Rochester have all become symbols of what Patrick Wintour, in last week’s Guardian, called “Farageland”. As the conference season ended the...
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Hitler-defenders and misogynists – UKIP’s new allies
Nigel Farage has struck a deal with a far right MEP in order to save his political group the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) in European Parliament. The Polish MEP, which Farage has...
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More regulation, less regulation, or better regulation?
There are those who believe the EU is a legislative behemoth, producing vast reams of paper designed to swamp business. Certainly UKIP and their political allies love to make capital out of it,...
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Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up
UKIP’s second by-election win should give us all pause for thought. They have now demonstrated the level of their support and have provided clues about what they would do if they were ever to gain any...
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‘The poor can’t cook” says Tory Peer
If last week was dominated by offensive comments made by Ukip leader Nigel Farage regarding breast feeding women and the heavy traffic of the M4 being the fault of immigrants, then this week’s offering...
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Farage’s shameful response to the Charlie Hebdo victims
First thing yesterday morning the European Parliament paid tribute to the victims of the Charlie Hebdo tragedy. It proved a very moving session during which one speaker from each of the political...
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We are witnessing the most significant decline in British influence in Europe...
Today, our Shadow Foreign Secretary, Douglas Alexander, will tell the Parti Socialiste, our sister party in France, that over the period of this Conservative-Liberal Democrat government, we have...
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Honeyball’s Weekly Round- up
There was an interesting article in this week’s New Statesman in which George Eaton warns that Ukip could thrive following the election. Whoever wins the election, Farage’s party will have no shortage...
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It’s more important than ever to ensure broadcasting is balanced and fair
I received a letter from a member of the public during the Easter break in which he stated concerns over the way in which broadcasters cover European politics and the European Union. He noted that the...
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MEP’s today gave assent to the Marrakech Treaty which gives copyright exceptions to facilitate the creation of accessible formats of copyrighted work to blind and visually impaired people. Although...
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