Farage tops poll against Clegg in debate over EU March 26, 2014 UKIP leader Nigel Farage triumphed in yesterday’s tussle with deputy prime minister Nick Clegg over the UK’s membership of the European Union, according to a YouGov poll. The hour-long TV and radio debate focused on the impact of the EU on areas as widespread as immigration, jobs, the European arrest warrant and the crisis in [...]
The 7 issues Clegg and Farage must tackle in EU debate February 21, 2014 As Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage prepare to go head to head over Britain's membership of the European Union, LBC listeners will be waiting eagerly to see which arguments the two men use to land their best blows. In terms of what is most important for Britain regarding EU membership, here are seven of key [...]
Game on – Farage to take on Clegg over EU February 21, 2014 Nigel Farage has accepted Nick Clegg's challenge to debate Britain's membership of the European Union. Speaking to LBC's Nick Ferrari show, Farage said: I have absolutely no choice I've got say yes. He added: I will do it with Nick Clegg, but the other two, I'd like to see them there as well. In the [...]
Nick Clegg challenges Farage to EU debate February 20, 2014 The deputy prime minister has thrown down the gauntlet to the leader of UKIP Nigel Farage for a "public, open debate" on the UK's membership of the European Union. Speaking on his weekly LBC radio programme Nick Clegg said "If Nigel Farage is either listening or looking at this programme I hope he would take [...]
Farage: Women are worth less to City bosses January 20, 2014 WOMEN who take time off to have children are “worth less” to City bosses than their male colleagues, Ukip leader Nigel Farage has said. Speaking at a conference on Europe, Farage said he didn’t believe there was any discrimination against women in the City, singling out banks, brokerage houses and Lloyd’s of London as good [...]
Ashcroft polling gives Farage a reason to smile January 6, 2014 NIGEL Farage’s Ukip party could pose the greatest threat to David Cameron’s hopes of a Conservative victory in the 2015 general election, according to a new poll. Thirty-seven per cent of those who voted Conservative in 2010 said they would not do so again if there was an election tomorrow. Half of these voters, dubbed [...]
Farage supports Ukip backing of eurosceptic Conservative MPs September 30, 2013 NIGEL Farage yesterday said he would be happy for members of his Ukip party to campaign for eurosceptic Conservative MPs – but categorically ruled out any chance of a formal alliance with the upstart grouping. “There isn’t going to be a deal between us and the Conservative party at the next general election,” he told [...]