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Nigel Farage

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Nigel Farage is UKIP Leader and MEP for the South East of England

Ukip leader Nigel Farage, who is supporting the Out campaign
Voices

Why you should vote for Brexit

Ukip leader Nigel Farage
Comment

Election 2015: Ukip is a non-sectarian, non-racist party with a

UKIP leader Nigel Farage on set for The Andrew Marr Show for BBC television, in London on 4 May 2014. Mr Farage hopes that success in the European elections will pave the way for the party to win seats in the national elections in 2015.
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Arrogant, biased and bad value for money – it’s time for a radical

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There's no point to politics if it's all staged and scripted

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There's no point to politics if it's all staged and scripted

Ukip leader Nigel Farage and deputy chairman, Suzanne Evans, pose with the party manifesto during its launch in Thurrock
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I’ve had enough of people insinuating that Ukip is racist – it's

Former prime minister Tony Blair speaks during a visit to the Hitachi factory in his former constituency in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, 7 April 2015
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I don’t agree with Tony Blair on Europe. But I’ll thank him for

Former prime minister Tony Blair speaks during a visit to the Hitachi factory in his former constituency in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, 7 April 2015
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I don’t agree with Tony Blair on Europe. But I’ll thank him for

Nigel Farage is pictured leaving the pub after the invasion by protesters
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How does terrifying my family count as ‘good-natured protest’?

Janice Atkinson speaking to Ukip supporters in February
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Nigel Farage on Janice Atkinson: Why we had to act after these

The deficit – which this Government 'came together in the national interest' to solve – is still running at £90bn
Voices

After five lost years, the Coalition is finally falling apart

Nigel Farage (centre) speaks on stage during a Ukip rally held at the Emmanuel Centre, London
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It’s not me who’s ignorant – it’s everyone who took against

The rise in net migration was among the items of bad news for the Government
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Ukip’s plans to control immigration are workable, effective and fair

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Ukip’s plans to control immigration are workable, effective and fair

The rise in net migration was among the items of bad news for the Government
Nigel Farage at the Conservative Political Action Conference
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CPAC 2015: What I learnt from the US — and what the US could learn

Flames and smoke billows from an oil depot where a huge blaze started following clashes around Tripoli airport last year
Commentators

When will the West own up to the role it's played in the implosion of

Alexis Tsipras addresses the Greek parliament ahead of EU meetings this week
Comment

If the EU wants to deny Greece its democratic integrity it’s asking

The report said that Rotherham Council was in denial about the extent of child sexual exploitation in the town (PA)
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Rotherham's doctrine of multiculturalism was fundamentally flawed —

The report said that Rotherham Council was in denial about the extent of child sexual exploitation in the town (PA)
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Rotherham's doctrine of multiculturalism was fundamentally flawed —

Three people wearing masks depicting Ed Miliband, David Cameron and Nick Clegg
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Any chance the other parties will run their election campaigns without

Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland should be given more control
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Sturgeon’s U-turn on voting on English matters spells disaster for

Miliband wants ‘discipline’, not ‘advice’ from his colleagues
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From sugar to cigarette packaging, when will Labour let people decide

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The Pub Landlord will be running against me? Now that's what I call

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The Pub Landlord will be running against me? Now that's what I call

A bullet impact is seen in a window of a building next to the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's office, in Paris
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Charlie Hebdo: While the West fought foreign wars, we ignored the

David Cameron delivers his New Year message
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Some of Ukip's members aren't perfect - but at least we don't think

In 1215 the Magna Carta forced the English King (at the time King John) to respect the laws of the land and guaranteed rights and protections to his subjects
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Magna Carta will be 800 years old next year – the perfect reminder

A bullet impact is seen in a window of a building next to the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's office, in Paris
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Charlie Hebdo: While the West fought foreign wars, we ignored the

David Cameron delivers his New Year message
Comment

Some of Ukip's members aren't perfect - but at least we don't think

In 1215 the Magna Carta forced the English King (at the time King John) to respect the laws of the land and guaranteed rights and protections to his subjects
Comment

Magna Carta will be 800 years old next year – the perfect reminder

The report will embarrass the Home Secretary, Theresa May
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Surprise, surprise: tens of thousands of illegal immigrants have

Comment

Surprise, surprise: tens of thousands of illegal immigrants have

The report will embarrass the Home Secretary, Theresa May
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Farage column: Brand is all chest hair and no ideas

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Who does George Osborne think he’s trying to kid?

File: David Cameron offers a toast during a State Dinner in his honour March 14, 2012
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I saw the immigration lies a mile off - and now nobody can deny it

Ukip leader Nigel Farage arrives at the Rochester by-election count
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The key to Ukip's victory in Rochester? We listened to people

Ukip leader Nigel Farage arrives at the Rochester by-election count
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The key to Ukip's victory in Rochester? We listened to people

Making way: Ed Miliband has all but conceded Newark, allowing Nigel Farage’s Ukip party a free run at the Tories
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Let's get some things straight about Ukip and the NHS - because I'm

Russell Brand joins the protesters in Parliament Square during the Million Mask March on November 5, 2014 in London, England
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Nigel Farage: Kudos to Russell Brand and the Guy Fawkes night

Nigel Farage has backed DJ Mike Read's new Ukip song
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Attacks on 'Ukip Calypso' show how skewed people’s priorities are

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Nigel Farage on the Ottawa shooting: It could just as easily happen on

Douglas Carswell stands with Nigel Farage on October 9, 2014 in Clacton-on-Sea, England.
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Clacton by-election: What an incredible journey Ukip has been on –

Mark Reckless, a Tory MP, has announced he is defecting to Ukip
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Douglas Carswell and Mark Reckless are heroes

The Labour leader neglected to mention the deficit at any point during an exhausting round of 40 TV and radio interviews
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We’ve got Labour in our sights, and we’ll take the fight to their

Nigel Farage has filmed an advert with Paddy Power to back ‘Team Europe’ in the Ryder Cup
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Why I made an advert for Paddy Power

A view over Rotherham
Voices

After Isis and the Rotherham abuse scandal, I’m not surprised some

Yes campaign placards are placed in windows ahead of a visit by Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg
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Scotland pledging itself to the EU will not be independent

'This has become, I'm afraid, just another managerialist, post-war administration' says Douglas Carswell
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Douglas Carswell joining Ukip is another giant step forward

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Douglas Carswell joining Ukip is another giant step forward

'This has become, I'm afraid, just another managerialist, post-war administration' says Douglas Carswell
It has been 50 years since anyone was hanged in the UK
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I’m against the death penalty, but I think we should be free to

A beam of blue light shoots upwards into the sky in central London as part of an installation commemorating the WW1 centenary
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My fascination with the First World War used to be seen as geeky

Boris Johnson in London following his confirmation that 'in all probability' he will seek to stand at the general election
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Boris is too scared to take on Ukip

Ben Stokes of England (L) looks on dejected after a missed chance during day two of the 1st Investec Test between England and India at Trent Bridge
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Too many test matches are turning the England cricket team stale

Ben Stokes of England (L) looks on dejected after a missed chance during day two of the 1st Investec Test between England and India at Trent Bridge
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Too many test matches are turning the England cricket team stale

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'I might not be popular in rural communities': admits Nigel Farage

Forty per cent of global trades in euros are cleared through London
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Success enjoyed by the City of London owes nothing to EU

Flags of the European Union countries
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Why I turned my back on the opening of the European Parliament

New research suggests children whose parents have divorced are more likely to be obese
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Nigel Farage: Obese people must not be classed as disabled

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Nigel Farage: I help a disabled blonde woman back to the hotel – and

Nigel Farage on a video link at the European Parliament in Brussels
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Celebration and then back to Brussels - but what's changed?

Prince Charles
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Nigel Farage: I seldom agree with Prince Charles. And I’m not about

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So why isn’t it racist when other parties talk about controlling

Comment

Nigel Farage: My response to Barbara Roche

Undated Ukip handout photo of a Ukip poster as Ukip leader Nigel Farage has defended a new immigration-centred poster campaign as "a hard-hitting reflection of reality" after it was attacked as "racist" by political opponents.
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Nigel Farage: Calling Ukip’s posters ‘racist’ is yet another

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Ukip is not ‘anti-immigration’, we are anti-uncontrolled

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Ukip is not ‘anti-immigration’, we are anti-uncontrolled

Rebel fighters in the eastern Syrian town of Deir Ezzor
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In armed conflict, why do our politicians rush to support the

Nigel Farage: If Nick Clegg is a passionate supporter of the EU then why isn’t he standing up proudly?
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Farage: Why did Clegg keep ducking vital questions in our debate on

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My live debate with Clegg is upon us. What's about to hit him?

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Farage: Our tax system isn't just bad economics - it's immoral too

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Farage: Our tax system isn't just bad economics - it's immoral too

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Ukip funding 'issue because Establishment is scared'

Nick Clegg
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Nigel Farage: I’m immensely looking forward to saying: ‘I don’t

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Nigel Farage: Don’t cap holiday prices, scrap EU flight taxes

EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barosso (R) welcomes Minister of the State of Monaco, Michel Roger on February 14, 2014 at the EU Headquarters in Brussels.
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Nigel Farage: Surprise, surprise, Brussels is weighing into the

A van drives past posters encouraging voters to support the British National Party (BNP) and the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in Newham on April 10, 2010 in London, England. BNP leader Nick Griffin is attempting to unseat the Labour MP Margaret Hodge in t
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Farage: When it comes to drugs policy, I agree with Clegg

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Ukip has done more than any other party to destroy the BNP

The Government has faced a barrage of criticism over the HS2 plans
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Two hours and two minutes to get to Preston. Why do we need HS2,

A UKIP candidate's rosette
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Ukip’s rambling 2010 manifesto is old news

Independent columnist and author Owen Jones
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Nigel Farage: After Owen Jones’s open letter to Ukip voters last

David Silvester, the Ukip councillor who blamed last year's floods on same sex marriage
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Why David Silvester has been suspended from Ukip

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Nigel Farage: Do ‘Question Time’ audiences need to be quite so

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Nigel Farage: It’s not just me that needs treatment, it’s the

British infantrymen rest in a captured German trench during the Somme offensive of 1916.
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British incompetence in World War One has been overestimated. It's

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A power cut at Christmas showed up the nonsense of our energy policy

Godfrey Bloom is pictured before his exclusion, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on November 24, 2010.
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So Godfrey Bloom thinks Ukip has no policies? Perhaps I can put him

Alastair Cook talks to the press following England's second defeat in the Ashes series
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Which is worse: major surgery or watching England lose the Ashes?

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A power cut at Christmas showed up the nonsense of our energy policy

Godfrey Bloom is pictured before his exclusion, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on November 24, 2010.
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So Godfrey Bloom thinks Ukip has no policies? Perhaps I can put him

Alastair Cook talks to the press following England's second defeat in the Ashes series
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Which is worse: major surgery or watching England lose the Ashes?

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The polls are wrong about Ukip – as the attack on Victoria Ayling

Nigel Farage smokes a cigarette and drinks a pint of beer as he takes a break in a pub during the by-election campaign for Eastleigh, Hampshire
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Government plans to curb smoking are not only wasteful but unworkable

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Think global not European to keep the City and Britain prosperous

Wind farms are blighting the country, aesthetically and economically, argues Nigel Farage
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We will never reduce energy bills as long as we are in hock to the

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Innocent until proven guilty? Not under the EU’s justice system

Mary Dejevsky: 'Leveson is doing the sort of inquisitorial job that rightly belongs to Parliament'
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No to Leveson! A free press is vital to protect our rights and

David Cameron claims a vote to leave Europe could set the country back years
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By offering an in/out referendum, Cameron made Ukip stronger. Let the

Culture

Letter: EU nightmare

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