Just 48 hours ago I wrote that Ukip had fallen out of the headlines. Not anymore. Amjad Bashir’s defection to the Conservatives gave Ukip top billing in many newspapers and…

…but one of them wasn’t the Liberal Democrats. Northern Ireland declared its final set of results earlier today, meaning we now have a complete line-up of the UK’s newly-elected 73…

The day before the European elections took place, Ukip leader Nigel Farage forecast a “record turnout” at the polls. This would have meant more than 38.5% of UK electors casting…

Just the one. I predicted that the party’s MEPs would be reduced from 12 to three. In fact they have been reduced to a single person: Catherine Beader. Her stint…

Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme this morning, Nigel Farage forecast a “record turnout” in the European elections. It’s rare to hear a politician talking up the likelihood of a…

This week’s European elections will give the UK’s palate a rare taste of that most acquired of sensations: PR. The whole of the country gets to sample the joys (or…

The defection of Edward McMillan-Scott from the Conservatives to the Lib Dems in March 2010 gave headline writers what they were long craving: a Lib Dem group of MEPs that…

…and one of them isn’t the Liberal Democrats. The 73 MEPs currently representing the UK are divided between 14 parties: That adds up to 72. The 73rd MEP, Godfrey Bloom,…