Nigel Farage


The EU referendum and Britain’s broken immigration politics

The decision in 2004 by Tony Blair’s New Labour government to allow unfettered access to the UK for citizens of the 8 central and east European EU newcomers has had monumentally important implications. Most other member states imposed transitional restrictions of up to 7 years. If Britain had done so too then it’s probably safe […]

UKIP’s immigration plan is not realistic – but it really doesn’t have to be

To call UKIP’s position on immigration a fully formed policy might be overstating things, but the parameters of the party’s approach have become a little clearer with a series of announcements made on the campaign trail. One thing is absolutely clear: UKIP wants to drastically reduce immigration. As news of spiking net migration figures were made public […]