Brexit Party

A class action has been launched against the government’s post-Brexit Irish Sea trading arrangements, with a DUP MP named as one of those behind the fight. The claim form lodged with the High Court this week names Ballymena haulage company Blair International and North Antrim politician Ian Paisley as the initial claimants. The action, which […]

A former Brexit Party MEP who owns a seafood company and campaigned on fishing being ‘great’ for coastal communities across the UK has said Boris Johnson’s deal has left her with “no fish”. June Mummery said waiting five years for fishing quotas to expire was “a long time when you have nothing”. Mummery, who campaigned during with […]

A former Brexit Party MEP has died in a diving accident near his home in the Bahamas. Robert Rowland, 54, represented the South East of England at the European Parliament from July 2019 until December 2020. Nigel Farage announced the death of the father-of-four, who was born in Bowdon, Greater Manchester, on the website of […]

A former Brexit Party MEP has called for coverage of Brexit on the television news to be more positive after claiming coverage of the end of the transition period was too “sombre”. Claire Fox, a new peer in the House of Lords, complained about Sky’s “funereal” tone throughout programming on December 31. Fox was asked […]

A Brexiteer’s claim that Boris Johnson’s deal with the European Union will give the country just 2.32% more fish has been mocked. Martin Daubney, a former Brexit Party MEP, took to Twitter to herald the Brexit agreement that Boris Johnson had secured on Christmas Eve claiming that they had “fought against the entire establishment – […]

Leader of the Brexit Party Nigel Farage has claimed that the “wars are over” – and that they are the winners as the UK agrees to a deal with the European Union. Despite calling for a no-deal Brexit, he told talkRADIO: “I do think a complete separation for the long-term economic health of the country would […]

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has welcomed the end of the “charade” surrounding talks, and admitted no-deal Brexit “was never a possibility” in negotiations.  He explained: “At least the charade is over. We’ve been put through this agony over the last few weeks that there could be a no deal. “That was never a possibility, […]

A former Brexit Party MEP has accused Boris Johnson of deceiving voters over his commitment at the last general election and claimed that he is not delivering the Brexit people voted for. Ben Habib, who was a politician representing Nigel Farage’s party, claimed that the public did not vote by 52% to 48% to have […]

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has admitted there might not be “appetite” amongst the public for him to run in an election again – even if Boris Johnson delivers a ‘Brexit in name only’. The politician – who lost in all seven elections he stood in and dropped out of the latest – said although […]

Brexiteers in government – along with the prime minister – have been accused by former Brexit Party MEPs of ‘selling out’ to Brussels. In a sign of discontent over any Brexit agreement with the EU, Alexandra Phillips and Ben Habib have penned a column in the Daily Telegraph accusing the biggest proponents of the project in the Tory […]

A list of “opportunities” awaiting Britons once they leave the EU, shared by the chair of the Brexit Party, has been ridiculed on social media. Richard Tice, a former Brexit Party MEP and now its chairman, said the country had “loads of opportunities” in store once it left the trading bloc. Appearing on LBC radio, […]

A former Brexit Party MEP has claimed that it will take a quarter of a century before the UK gets sovereignty back after the UK departs from the European Union. Ben Habib claimed that Boris Johnson’s proposals for a withdrawal from the EU “undermines sovereignty” and that the wishes of Brexiteers will not be resolved […]

Brexiteer Claire Fox has defended a public sector pay freeze, saying workers were “not the only heroes” of the coronavirus pandemic. Fox, a former Brexit Party MEP turned peer, said the private sector had been “the invisible front line” in the fight against Covid-19 and also merited a pay rise. Responding to Welsh minister Vaughan Gething […]

A former Brexit Party MEP claimed she is a “proud European” as she rejected the need for a trade deal with the EU. Claire Fox, who was promoted to the House of Lords by Boris Johnson earlier this year, said she was “an enthusiast about the European continent” as she fobbed off the importance of clinching […]

A television presenter has said she would “rather boil my head in a vat of oil” than support Nigel Farage’s new anti-lockdown party. In a powerful takedown of Ann Widdecombe’s support for the new organisation, Jemma Forte told Jeremy Vine on 5: “Because what it’s doing is really exploiting something that has caused pain and […]

Former Brexit Party MEP Claire Fox has delivered a speech in the House of Lords attacking opponents of Boris Johnson’s law-breaking Brexit bill, before voting against it herself. By a significant margin, peers voted against the legislation which has powers to enable ministers to override international law. And the Baroness of Buckley was one of […]

A charity has challenged Nigel Farage over proposals to rebrand his Brexit Party as a new anti-lockdown organisation. The Reform think tank has written to the Electoral Commission to complain about the proposed name change, arguing it could lead to “voter confusion”. The think tank, which argues for public service reform, has also written to […]

Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice has had an angry showdown with television presenter Adam Boulton after he asked what had happened to the money from donations to his organisation. Brexiteers had helped donate more than £2 million to the cause in early 2020 with the intention of fighting against “Brexit in Name Only”, with more money […]

Nigel Farage has been branded a “chancer” for rebranding the Brexit Party into an anti-lockdown party, despite supporting such measures earlier in the year. The Brexiteer has lodged papers with the Electoral Commission to rebrand his old party as “Reform UK”, which he hopes will be the home for lockdown sceptics, despite an attempt from […]

Nigel Farage has applied to the Electoral Commission to change the Brexit Party’s name to Reform UK. The party contested 275 seats and took 2% of votes but did not succeed in electing an MP in the 2019 general election. It will now broaden its agenda to include coronavirus and seek “reform” in other areas. […]

A former Brexit Party candidate has accused the EU of being ‘spiteful’ after it rejected a UK request to allow Britons to continue using passport fast lanes across Europe after Brexit. Ex-South Shields Brexit Party candidate and South Tyneside councillor Glenn Thompson accused the EU of “spite [and] nothing else” after it emerged the bloc refused to give […]

Nigel Farage has said he could enter the US to attend a Donald Trump rally – where many spectators did not wear masks – because he has a “journalistic visa”. The Brexit Party politician appeared on Good Morning Britain to answer questions as to why he thought it was a good idea to travel across the globe […]

Protesters have targeted the offices and meeting places of 11 more Tory MPs who voted against extending free school meals over the holidays with “empty plate” demonstrations. Demonstrators laid empty plates with messages on them at the headquarters of local Tory MPs in protest against their refusal to provide free meals to pupils over the October half-term and […]

UKIP is attempting to revive its party by focusing on the London mayoral elections after it installed Neil Hamilton as its new leader. Guido Fawkes reports that the party’s frontrunner with the NEC for the 2021 elections is Dr Peter Gammons. Gammons is said to be a professional “inspirational and motivational speaker” and is reported to […]

A tweet by the Brexit Party aimed at shaming Tory MPs who voted against extending free school lunches has been slammed online. Nigel Farage shared a Brexit Party post on Twitter which showed a plate half empty along with the caption: “The Tories will support ‘eat out to help out’ but they won’t spend a few quid to help a […]

“I’m skint,” said Nigel Farage three years ago, blaming “20 years of spending more than you earn”. Who better, then, to launch a new service advising people on what to do with their money? With a characteristically breezy lack of shame, this is exactly what the nicotine-stained man-frog has done. Fortune & Freedom With Nigel […]

Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice has come out against Boris Johnson’s lockdown measures arguing that if the economy does not shut down for cancer then it should not for the coronavirus. Speaking on talkRADIO, Tice said England and Wales’ coronavirus death rate – which stands at more than 48,000 – needed to be “put into context”. […]

A former Brexit Party MEP who has refused to apologise for historical support of the IRA bombing in Warrington that killed two children has taken her seat in the House of Lords. The appointment of Claire Fox to the unelected chamber has sparked controversy, with Labour branding it “an insult to the people of the […]

Ann Widdecombe has cancelled her membership with the National Trust in protest at their treatment of Winston Churchill’s home.  Appearing on the Jeremy Vine show, the former Brexit Party MEP said she was “tired” of “woke games being played”. “This explains why in the last week I cancelled my membership of the National Trust because […]

Former Brexit Party MEP Ann Widdecombe has struggled to name a single country which does not have a trade deal with a country within 2,000 miles – reflecting the UK’s current situation. Appearing on the Jeremy Vine on 5 show, Widdecombe was challenged by pro-EU campaigner Femi Oluwole over the success of Brexit so far. Ann Widdecombe […]

Farage cut short a telephone call with a BBC journalist investigating one of the organisation’s top donors. In a recording of the conversation, Farage said he was aware Christopher Harborne, who donated £10 million to the Brexit Party in the lead up to the 2019 general election, had two separate identities but refused to be interviewed […]

There’s a classic showbiz story about comedy double act Mike and Bernie Winters on their debut at the feared Glasgow Empire in the 1960s. Their act opened as it usually did, with a classic bit of misdirection; straight man Mike playing mellow jazz on a clarinet until his wacky brother suddenly thrust his head through […]