This is the third article in a series that will look at constituencies that are statistical extremes in the U.K. — how they’ve shaped British politics and British people. The first looked at race and ...

UKIP bosses are celebrating a reversal in their struggling party’s fortunes after gaining around 500 new members following their decision to join forces with three activists linked to the “alt-right”.

The Palm Bay estate in Cliftonville is a picture of English respectability in white paint and red brick. Detached bungalows with modest front lawns stretch inland from the Kentish coast in neat rows.

Paul Nuttall, a 39-year-old Member of the European Parliament, will replace Nigel Farage as leader of the UK Independence Party. A frontrunner to take the party’s reigns, having served as deputy ...

Is Ukip racist? Or is it merely a party that is especially attractive to what David Cameron once called "fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists"? Or, perhaps, is it neither? Has it been unfairly ...

WITH the faded grandeur of the Blackpool Tower jutting from the horizon down the street, Norman Hughes, a retired fireman, considers his options. He normally votes for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) ...

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