"Square in London. Farage is a Christian. In 2014 he described himself as a ""somewhat lapsed"" member of the Church of England. In April 2018, Farage said that his two youngest children have both British and German passports and that they speak ""perfect German"". Nigel Farage Nigel Paul Farage (; born 3 April 1964) is a British politician, broadcaster and political analyst. He has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South East England constituency since 1999 and is a Vice-Chairman of the pro-Brexit organisation Leave Means Leave. He is best known as the former leader of"
"Nigel Farage Nigel Paul Farage (; born 3 April 1964) is a British politician, broadcaster and political analyst. He has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South East England constituency since 1999 and is a Vice-Chairman of the pro-Brexit organisation Leave Means Leave. He is best known as the former leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2006 to 2009 and again from 2010 to 2016. He co-chairs the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (formerly ""Europe of Freedom and Democracy"") group. A prominent Eurosceptic in the UK, he has been noted for his speeches"
"after being recorded by a BBC News crew referring to the Thai (or Thai-born) wife of a constituent, who were both UKIP supporters, as ""a ting-tong from somewhere"", a term used in Thailand for people with mental health problems. The woman and her husband threatened to withdraw from UKIP membership but changed their mind after a personal apology from UKIP leader Nigel Farage. Interviewed on camera later at their home, the woman and her husband said that Atkinson hadn't apologised to them and was quite belligerent. Whilst speaking of Atkinson, Farage said ""99% of UKIP members aren't like that and"
"is a British Sikh who has been elected for Romford as a UKIP MP, and her party win a slight majority to govern the country. Leader Nigel Farage becomes Prime Minister and makes Neil Hamilton his deputy, and the party makes changes in the country, such as bringing back smoking in pubs and using ex-soldiers to find illegal immigrants. Kaur's brother loses his job at a factory when Britain leaves the European Union. Unrest begins on the street between those opposing and supporting the new government, to which UKIP responds by bringing in a new bank holiday to celebrate Britain"
"Electoral history of Nigel Farage Nigel Farage is a British politician who has stood as a candidate representing the eurosceptic UK Independence Party (UKIP) since 1994. He has been a Member of the European Parliament representing South East England since the 1999 election, winning re-election three times. Farage has stood for election to the House of Commons seven times, in five general elections and two by-elections, but has not won any of those elections. He was also a proponent of the UK leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, in which the electorate voted to do so by 52%"
"said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was one of her political heroes: ""I admire him from the point of view that he's standing up for his country."" Following the resignation of UKIP leader Nigel Farage, James stood in the election to succeed him in August 2016. She emerged as one of the frontrunners. On 16 September she was announced as the new leader, having received 8,451 votes (46.2% of votes cast); she was the first woman to hold the post. On 4 October 2016, James confirmed that she would not be pursuing the leadership of the party despite winning the"
"Nigel Farage stood down as the leader of UKIP, stating that his ""political ambition has been achieved"" following the result of the referendum. Following the resignation of the elected party leader Diane James, Farage became an interim leader on 5 October 2016. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on 24 June 2016 that it was ""clear that the people of Scotland see their future as part of the European Union"" and that Scotland had ""spoken decisively"" with a ""strong, unequivocal"" vote to remain in the European Union. On the same day, the Scottish Government announced that officials would plan for"
"to leave Britain after the latter called for greater ethnic diversity within the UK's creative industries. In 2015, a documentary called ""Meet the Ukippers"" filmed activists making racist statements; one said ""the only people I do have a problem with are negroes"". For many years such individuals were internally tolerated within the party, although as part of Farage's push to professionalise the party a number of its members, such as MEP Godfrey Bloom, were expelled for making comments that brought UKIP into disrepute. In 2018, Jo Marney—who was then the girlfriend of the party leader Henry Bolton—was suspended from UKIP"
"in the European Parliament, and has strongly criticised the euro currency. Farage was a founding member of UKIP, having left the Conservative Party in 1992 after the signing of the Maastricht Treaty. After unsuccessfully campaigning in European and Westminster parliamentary elections for UKIP since 1994, he was elected MEP for South East England in the 1999 European Parliament election. He was subsequently re-elected in 2004, 2009 and, most recently, at the 2014 European parliament election. In September 2006, Farage became the UKIP Leader and led the party through the 2009 European Parliament Election, when it won the second highest share"
"by Nigel Farage of the UK Independence Party. In spite of her previous 42-year membership of the National Front and her longstanding organizational activities within it, the EFDD stated in announcing her admission to the group that she had ""joined the National Front with great hopes but realised that their philosophy was very different"" and went on to add that she was an ""Anglophile, with the desire for democratic self-determination and a respect among different nations"". Joëlle Bergeron Joëlle Bergeron (born 28 June 1949 in Charlieu) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP). She became a"
"Miriam González Durántez Miriam González Durántez, Lady Clegg (born 31 May 1968) is a Spanish lawyer and partner in the international legal practice of Dechert. She is the wife of Nick Clegg, the former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010-15). Miriam González Durántez was born to two teachers in Olmedo, in the Spanish province of Valladolid. Her father, José Antonio González Caviedes, was also Mayor of Olmedo and served as a Senator for Valladolid for the conservative People's Party (PP) from 1989 until his death in 1996. She studied Law at the University of Valladolid and then won"
"Union. She opposed the Latvian adoption of the Euro in January 2014. On February 2017 Grigule left the Latvian Farmers' Union. She was elected to the European Parliament in the May 2014 elections, and joined the eurosceptic Europe of Freedom and Democracy group, which soon thereafter became the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group. On 16 October 2014 it was reported that Grigule was defecting to the European People's Party, leading to the crisis in the EFDD group as it was temporarily one country short of the required seven member states. Nigel Farage, EFDD co-president and head of UKIP"
"individuals have been seen as opponents of Farage within the party. Faragism Faragism is an ideology and practice associated with the followers and supporters of Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party from 2006 to 2009 and then again from 2010 to 2016. Faragism is a conservative, populist and strongly Eurosceptic ideology. It is the leading ideology among members of UKIP, but it is also popular with many in the Conservative Party. One of the first declared Faragists was Raheem Kassam, when he announced his intention to run for the leadership of UKIP in the November 2016 election. Kassam"
"a hamlet in the London Borough of Bromley, ""around the corner from his mother"". He has been married twice. In 1988, he married Irish nurse Gráinne Hayes, with whom he has two children: Samuel (born 1989) and Thomas (born 1991). The couple divorced in 1997. In 1999, he married Kirsten Mehr, a German national; the couple have two children. His wife told the Press Association in February 2017 that the couple were living ""separate lives"" and Farage ""moved out of the family home a while ago"". He has spoken of how his children have been teased because of their relation"
"Faragism Faragism is an ideology and practice associated with the followers and supporters of Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party from 2006 to 2009 and then again from 2010 to 2016. Faragism is a conservative, populist and strongly Eurosceptic ideology. It is the leading ideology among members of UKIP, but it is also popular with many in the Conservative Party. One of the first declared Faragists was Raheem Kassam, when he announced his intention to run for the leadership of UKIP in the November 2016 election. Kassam defined it as ""a belief in your country, a belief in"
"Nigel Farage. The European Union's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier welcomed May's proposal as ""constructive,"" but said it also ""must be translated into negotiating positions to make meaningful progress."" In late October 2018, the National Audit Office warned her that it was already too late to prepare the necessary Irish border security checks in the event of a No-deal scenario—a weakness that organised crime would be quick to exploit. May has been married to Philip May, an investment relationship manager currently employed by Capital International, since 6 September 1980; the couple have no children. It is widely believed that former Prime"
"report's official launch, and the original article was withdrawn. In December 2016 the British politician Nigel Farage accused the group of being ""extremists"" who ""...masquerade as being lovely and peaceful but actually pursue violent and very undemocratic means"", after Jo Cox's widower husband Brendan Cox had chosen Hope not Hate as one of three beneficiaries of her memorial fund. The group responded by setting up a crowdfunded appeal for a legal fund to sue Farage over the remarks. Hope Not Hate proceeded to issue a claim against Farage for libel. In November 2017, shortly before the libel case came to"
"""If Nick were Prime Minister and I had to give up my job to support the country, I would have no problem in doing so."" Miriam González Durántez Miriam González Durántez, Lady Clegg (born 31 May 1968) is a Spanish lawyer and partner in the international legal practice of Dechert. She is the wife of Nick Clegg, the former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010-15). Miriam González Durántez was born to two teachers in Olmedo, in the Spanish province of Valladolid. Her father, José Antonio González Caviedes, was also Mayor of Olmedo and served as a Senator for"
"supporter of the successful campaign for a vote in favour of leaving the EU in the UK EU membership referendum. On 4 July 2016, Farage again announced his resignation as leader of UKIP, triggering a leadership election. Diane James was elected to succeed him, but she resigned as leader after just 18 days and Farage became interim leader on 5 October 2016. A second leadership election was held in November, which was won by Paul Nuttall, who thus succeeded Farage. Farage was ranked second in ""The Daily Telegraph""'s Top 100 most influential right-wingers poll in October 2013, behind Prime Minister"
"to 48%. Farage was voted UKIP leader in the September 2006 leadership election, and led them in the 2009 European Parliament election in which his party won the second-highest number of votes and seats after the Conservative Party. He resigned as leader later that year in order to concentrate on the 2010 general election. In late 2010, he was voted leader for a second time after the resignation of Lord Pearson of Rannoch. Farage led UKIP in the 2014 European Parliament election, in which his party won the most votes and seats; this was the first time since the December"
"the latter's 1997 dissolution. In 1997, Sked was ousted by a faction led by Nigel Farage, who became the party's preeminent figure. In 2006, Farage officially became leader and under his direction the party adopted a wider policy platform and capitalised on concerns about rising immigration, in particular among the White British working class. This resulted in significant breakthroughs at the 2013 local elections, 2014 European elections, and 2015 general election. The pressure UKIP exerted on the government is widely regarded as the main reason for the 2016 referendum which led to the decision for the United Kingdom to withdraw"
"negative impact of immigration on local communities and public services. The June 2016 referendum produced a 51.89% majority in favour of leaving the EU: the accomplishment of UKIP's ""raison d'être"" raised questions about the party's future. The loss of its MEPs would result in the loss of its primary institutional representation and a key source of its funding. After the referendum, Farage resigned as UKIP leader. Diane James was elected as his successor, but resigned after 18 days and left the party in November 2016. Farage's former deputy, Paul Nuttall, was elected leader that month. In March 2017, the party's"
"George Cottrell George Cottrell (born 1 October 1993) is a British former politician, financier, and convicted felon. Cottrell was a senior advisor to Nigel Farage and head of fundraising for the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) up until his arrest at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Cottrell was born in London, England to an aristocratic family. His father, Mark Cottrell, a businessman and landowner from Gloucestershire attended Gordonstoun with Prince Andrew, Duke of York. George Cottrell's mother The Honourable Fiona Cottrell, daughter of the late British industrialist Joseph Watson, 1st Baron Manton, is a former glamour model and girlfriend of"
"George Cottrell George Cottrell (born 1 October 1993) is a British former politician, financier, and convicted felon. Cottrell was a senior advisor to Nigel Farage and head of fundraising for the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) up until his arrest at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Cottrell was born in London, England to an aristocratic family. His father, Mark Cottrell, a businessman and landowner from Gloucestershire attended Gordonstoun with Prince Andrew, Duke of York. George Cottrell's mother The Honourable Fiona Cottrell, daughter of the late British industrialist Joseph Watson, 1st Baron Manton, is a former glamour model and girlfriend of"
"Christine Hamilton Mary Christine Hamilton (née Holman; born 10 November 1949) is an English media personality and author. She is married to Neil Hamilton, the former Conservative Member of Parliament for Tatton. Hamilton and her husband have become prominent supporters of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), with Neil standing for a local council seat in the 2014 local elections. Neil Hamilton's application to become a European parliamentary candidate for UKIP was rejected in 2013, though he had been elected to UKIP's National Executive Committee in 2011. Hamilton's father was a GP in Ringwood, Hampshire and she grew up in the"
"Diane James Diane Martine James (born 20 November 1959) is a British politician and an independent Member of the European Parliament. She was briefly leader-elect of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) but resigned before formalising her leadership, and used to be one of three UKIP Members of the European Parliament for South East England. James was born in Bedford in 1959, and was a councillor on Waverley Borough Council from 2007 until 2015, when she lost the seat to the Conservative Party. She was elected to the European Parliament in 2014. Following the resignation of Nigel Farage, she was elected"
"a year. After this she served as the Director of Communications for the National Magazine Company, and later was the content director of Yava until 2001. She was a panelist on the first series of ""Loose Women"" in 1999. A friend of United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage, Rowe registered as the leader of Libertas UK with the United Kingdom Electoral Commission in December 2008, in order to prevent Declan Ganley's political party Libertas from fielding candidates in the UK's European Parliament elections in 2009 under that name. Rowe has worked as public relations chief for the businessman"
"defence in comparison to the UK's membership of NATO and the United Nations. Security concerns over the union's free movement policy were raised too, because people with EU passports were unlikely to receive detailed checks at border control. A debate was held by ""The Guardian"" on 15 March 2016, featuring the leader of UKIP Nigel Farage, Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom, the leader of Labour's ""yes"" campaign Alan Johnson and former leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg. Earlier in the campaign, on 11 January, a debate took place between Nigel Farage and Carwyn Jones, who was at the time the"
"would not be forced out of the party altogether. However, UKIP leader Nigel Farage condemned Gasper's ""war against homosexuals"" as ""unacceptable"", while Olly Neville, former chairman of UKIP's Young Independent wing, tweeted a message of support for Gasper's removal, stating that ""her disgraceful views have no place as a rep[resentative] of a mainstream party"". Gasper later lambasted UKIP as being ""plagued with transsexuals"", a reference to the transwomen Nikki Sinclaire and Kellie Maloney, both of whom have served as candidates for the party. Asserting that she refused to recognise transwomen as women, she declared Maloney to be ""absolutely grotesque"" and"
"holding the second place on the UKIP list. Thus she became the first openly lesbian member of the European Parliament for the UK delegation. On 11 September 2009, Sinclaire announced she would stand in the 2009 UKIP leadership election. Her decision to stand followed Nigel Farage's announcement on 4 September that he would stand down as UKIP leader to stand in the general election against John Bercow in Buckinghamshire. The leadership ballot was won by Lord Pearson of Rannoch, with Sinclaire coming third with 1,214 votes. Sinclaire was invited, as a guest of the European Jewish Congress, to take part"
"or have already voted, UKIP. On moral issues, we, more than any other political party, are more in line with Catholic thought. Whether it's on gender-choice, abortion or same-sex marriage, we are absolutely 100 per cent behind the Catholic Church."" During his leadership bid in 2016, Nuttall pitched himself as the unity candidate and made Suzanne Evans co-deputy chairwoman of the party and Patrick O'Flynn his principal political adviser, both of whom have been seen as political foes of former UKIP leader Nigel Farage. Nuttall vowed in 2016 to ""replace the Labour Party in the next five years and become"
"and for London in the 1999 European elections. Nick Griffin has a sister. Griffin lives with his family in a farmhouse in Llanerfyl, near Welshpool, in Wales. He is married to Jackie Griffin, a former nurse who also acts as his assistant; the couple have four children, some of whom have been actively involved with the party. He was declared bankrupt in January 2014. In March 2017, Griffin expressed a desire to emigrate to Hungary within six months. In May 2017, Griffin was banned from Hungary as he was perceived to be a ""national security threat"", according to security sources"
"to the European Parliament have been done by a proportional representation system, in which each voter votes for one party in their constituency. The seats allotted for the constituency are then divided between the parties depending on their share of the vote. Elected candidates are named. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won. ""Source"": Electoral history of Nigel Farage Nigel Farage is a British politician who has stood as a candidate representing the eurosceptic UK Independence Party (UKIP) since 1994. He has been a Member of the European Parliament representing South East England since the 1999 election, winning"