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Sunday, 21st June 2009
Now that the dust has settled over the European election campaign its reasonable to take a look at the results and see where UKIP is now and where it might go in the future.
Well, whichever way one cuts it, it has to be counted a great success : 13 seats won (one more than last time), 16.5% of the... More
GREAT RESULTS FOR THE UKIP CANDIDATES IN THE OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS
Friday, 5th June 2009
One second place and many third places for the UKIP candidates in the Oxfordshire County Council elections. No seats won but we are snapping at their heels now !
Here is a summary of the results for the 15 UKIP candidates :
Dickie Bird : 263 votes, 3rd out of 5
John Brown : 406 votes, 2nd out... More
UKIP ON COURSE TO PUSH LABOUR INTO FOURTH PLACE
Saturday, 30th May 2009
UKIP is on track for a historic result at the June 4 Euro elections after the latest Populus poll for The Times newspaper released today put support for the party at 19%.
The headline figures are as shown in the graphic on the left.
See here for the full Times report :... More
Tuesday, 19th May 2009
An incredible poll over at Sky News has shown that if there were an early General Election called due to the expenses scandal, UKIP could be expected to come second on 19.7% - with Labour coming a distant third on 11.5%.
The emergence of UKIP as the party that most people are backing due to their... More
THE CAMPAIGN IS NOW HOTTING UP
Sunday, 17th May 2009
The campaigns for the European parliament election and the County Council elections are now in full flow and UKIP activists in Oxfordshire are now feeling the pressure ! Tens of thousands of leaflets have been distributed so far in Abingdon, Witney, Oxford, Banbury, Wantage and Cumnor.... More
PHILIP VANDER ELST LAUNCHES OXFORDSHIRE CAMPAIGN
Tuesday, 28th April 2009
Freelance writer, lecturer and Oxford graduate, Philip Vander Elst, explains in the video below why he is standing for election to the European Parliament on June 4th as the No. 4 candidate on the U.K. Independence Party list for the South East Region.
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PHILIP VANDER ELST ENGAGEMENTS
Sunday, 19th April 2009
Philip Vander Elst, fourth-placed candidate in UKIP's list for the South East region, will be speaking at the following election meetings :
(1) 8 May. The European Movement Oxfordshire Branch "Any Questions" style evening for European Parliamentary candidates. 8 May (6.30pm for 7.00pm) ... More
SUSTAINABILITY – COMING TO A TOWN NEAR YOU
Sunday, 29th March 2009
On March 12th the Oxford Times reported on local opposition to a new “eco-town” in North Oxfordshire, near the small town of Bicester, at a place called Weston Otmoor. This new development would consist of as much as 15000 new homes, including perhaps 4000 so-called... More
SUSTAINABILITY - A BUZZWORD OF OUR TIMES
Saturday, 14th March 2009
The article below is taken from a pamphlet written in 2002 by this author which explored the ways in which the European Union affects what might be called “second-order” issues : not the big things, such as the single currency was then, but the areas of policy where perhaps... More
ARE YOU IN POSSESSION OF AN ILLEGAL PASSPORT?
Monday, 9th February 2009
The Council of the European Union decided in December 2004 that all passports across the European Union should have biometric identifiers i.e digitally stored facial images and, optionally, fingerprints. The stated reason was that it was part of the famous fight against terrorism (but who knows what... More
