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UKIP Leader Under Fire For Lover's 'Racist' Royal Slur

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday January 14, 2018

The leader of Britain's anti-EU, anti-immigration UK Independence Party (UKIP) faced calls to resign on Sunday after his girlfriend reportedly made racist remarks about Prince Harry's fiancee Meghan Markle.

UK Election Results 2017: UKIP Leader Paul Nuttal Quits After Poor Show

World News | Reuters | Friday June 9, 2017

The UKIP which, under its most prominent former leader Nigel Farage, helped secure Britain's exit from the European Union, was seen as increasingly irrelevant during the campaign with many of its voters deserting the party.

Paul Nuttall Quits As UK Independence Party Leader After British Election

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday June 9, 2017

The leader of the UK Independence Party, Paul Nuttall resigned today after the general election in which the party lost an failed to win a single MP.

Brexit Campaigner Nigel Farage 'Person Of Interest' In Donald Trump, Russia Probe

World News | Reuters | Thursday June 1, 2017

Britain's Nigel Farage, a leading Brexit campaigner, is a 'person of interest' in the US investigation into possible collusion between Russia and Donald Trump's presidential campaign.

Holidays, Burqa Bans, Brexit: UK Parties Set Out Election Stalls

World News | Reuters | Sunday April 23, 2017

More holidays, a burqa ban and an end to hard Brexit just some of the policies Britain's opposition parties hope will prevent an overwhelming election victory by Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May in June.

Election In UK's Brexit Bastion A Battle For Survival For UKIP, Labour

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday February 21, 2017

Thursday's knife-edge by-election in the biggest Brexit-backing city is make-or-break for UKIP and Labour, with both parties struggling to find their role as Britain quits the European Union.

How To Stay Sane In A World Of Crazy News

World News | Deena Shanker, Bloomberg | Saturday February 18, 2017

Life comes at you fast-these days, it seems, at the speed of light. The first 100 days of any new presidential administration bring a flurry of actions and reactions, but this first month alone has been a blizzard of executive orders, presidential tweets, and momentous events-among them an immigration order that created havoc at airports before bei...

New UKIP Leader Paul Nuttall To Contest British Parliamentary By-Poll

World News | Reuters | Saturday January 21, 2017

Paul Nuttall, who succeeded Nigel Farage in November as leader of Britain's anti-EU UKIP party, said on Saturday he would stand for parliament in an election next month shaping up to be a big test for the main opposition Labour party.

Troubled UKIP Seeks To Unite As Donald Trump Ally Nigel Farage Leaves

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday November 25, 2016

Britain's anti-EU party UKIP will announce a new leader Monday to succeed Nigel Farage and seek to unite a party beset by infighting and division despite its Brexit victory.

Nigel Farage Predicts UK Political Earthquake If Brexit Slowed

World News | Thursday November 24, 2016

UK Independence Party acting leader Nigel Farage has predicted a political earthquake in Britain if the government of Prime Minister Theresa May fails to leave the European Union before the 2020 general election.

Britain Opens Probe On UKIP Party Funding

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday November 22, 2016

Britain's Electoral Commission opened an investigation on Tuesday into whether the UK Independence Party (UKIP) used EU money for its Brexit campaign in breach of party funding rules.

Donald Trump Backs Nigel Farage As British Ambassador To US

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday November 22, 2016

Donald Trump has tweeted that Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage "would do a great job" as British ambassador to the US, in the latest unorthodox intervention by the president-elect.

UKIP Leader And Brexit Figurehead Nigel Farage Congratulates Donald Trump

World News | Reuters | Wednesday November 9, 2016

Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party who was a figurehead in the campaign to get Britain out of the European Union, congratulated Donald Trump on being elected the next US president on Wednesday.

UK Independence Party Lawmaker Moved To Neurological Unit After Fight

World News | Associated Press | Friday October 7, 2016

U.K. Independence Party legislator Steven Woolfe has been moved to a hospital's neurological unit after being injured in an altercation with a colleague, a fellow European lawmaker said Friday.

Britain's UKIP Leader In Hospital After 'Altercation' At Party Meeting

World News | Reuters | Friday October 7, 2016

Steven Woolfe, a leading candidate to become the new leader of Britain's UK Independence Party, collapsed and was taken to hospital in Strasbourg on Thursday after an "altercation" during a heated meeting about the party's future.