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A Dutch website said on Sunday it had garnered enough signatures to force the Netherlands to hold a non-binding referendum on the EU’s association agreement with Ukraine, in a move meant to signal popular dissatisfaction with Dutch European policy. GeenStijl,

DONCASTER, United Kingdom – No other party leader could have made the entrance Nigel Farage did at UKIP conference today. The crowd truly went wild when the party leader made his way to stage while “The Final Countdown” blasted from the

DONCASTER, United Kingdom – Britain’s major anti-European Union forces are uniting behind the £1 million UKIP donor Arron Banks, following months of debates, discussions, and some heated rhetoric over who should run the “Out” campaign at the upcoming British referendum.

The strategists behind the Conservative Party’s social media campaign have been hired by Britain’s main pro—EU campaign ahead of the referendum on British membership of the EU. Tom Edmonds and Craig Elder were hailed as the Tories’ “secret weapon,” reaching

The EU-owned European Investment Bank (EIB) today announced that it is handing Oxford University a £200 million loan – its largest ever single loan to a European university. The money will be spent on new facilities and on refurbishing existing

Newly elected British opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn indicated he would not campaign to leave the European Union in a referendum expected by 2017, in an interview. While he stressed that his position was “developing”, when asked by BBC News

A new EU exit poll by ICM has revealed that 40 per cent of Britons polled want to leave the European Union, while 43 per cent have told the pollster that they would vote to stay in. ICM’s last poll

David Cameron will fail to secure any meaningful European Union (EU) renegotiation on behalf of Britain in advance of the country’s referendum on membership, unless he openly supports the idea of a unified EU army, according to German Chancellor Angela

“Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country”. These are the immortal words spoken by former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and I make no apology for using them given how pertinent they are

The BBC has a “cultural bias” in favour of the European Union and its coverage will be a “problem” in the forthcoming referendum debate, a Conservative MP has said. Bernard Jenkin, chairman of the Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs

The head of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is not confident Prime Minister David Cameron can obtain meaningful reforms of the European Union before a referendum on a possible exit from the bloc, he told a French newspaper. In

Prime Minister David Cameron suffered an embarrassing defeat in parliament on Monday after Eurosceptic members of his Conservatives joined forces with Labour MPs to reject proposed rules for a European Union membership referendum. It was Cameron’s first parliamentary defeat since

UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage hosts his first “Say No to EU” meeting live from the Margate Winter Gardens this evening, with the speech due to begin around 7:30pm. The entire event will be livestreamed below, and over at

The Spectator magazine, and the Telegraph newspaper, both owned by the Tory-supporting Barclay brothers, have run dubious news items today claiming that “Nigel Farage’s immigration rhetoric may harm ‘Out’ campaign”. Their stories were conveniently timed to coincide with the launch

Prime Minister David Cameron has abandoned his key negotiation plank of full British exclusion from EU employment laws ahead of the planned EU referendum. The move that could help Jeremy Corbyn lead left wing trade unions and the Labour Party into backing the

Britain’s election regulator the Electoral Commission has decreed that the question set by Prime Minister David Cameron for the forthcoming EU referendum could be perceived as biased and should, as a result be changed. The organisation, which is known to

Park for a moment the facts we all know to be true; that is namely that the BBC is a liberal-left wing institution that takes money from the European Union to distribute pro-EU propaganda. Park that. Just for a second.

As Britain gets ready to decide its future relationship with the European Union (EU), a major war has broken between two rival eurosceptic camps. Competing groups, led by Tory-confidant Matthew Elliott and UKIP donor Arron Banks respectively, have held unsuccessful secret talks about merging their

The non-partisan and independent campaign group, TheKnow, has been banned from the Conservative Party Conference. The group which seeks “to engage people from all walks of life, across the political spectrum” has been banned for “political reasons.” TheKnow Facebook page states: “TheKnow

Today’s Sunday Times carries a story about the EU Referendum ‘No’ campaign. It claims that organisers on one half of the ‘No’ camp have said they’ll have no problem raising the £7m maximum spend, and that they’ll already spoken with

Prime Minister David Cameron is planning to orchestrate a row with the French government ahead of an EU referendum, in order to present the outcome as a “win”, it has been alleged. The same source suggested that the referendum on British membership

Tax Payers’ Alliance founder, NO2AV campaign director, and once-upon-a-time boss of mine Matthew Elliott has attempted to ride like a white knight to Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s aid following his comments that Britain “can’t leave Europe”.  Following Breitbart London’s

Having promised an IN/OUT referendum on Britain’s EU membership by 2017, David Cameron has succeeded in muzzling the Eurosceptic wing of his party – for the moment. Some Eurosceptics are taking the “wait and see” approach, while David Cameron’s renegotiation on the terms

If you were one of the many people who thought London Mayor Boris Johnson was a Tory eurosceptic, a man actively cheering for this country to stand on its own, free of the petty constraints of Brussels and the demands

Outspoken TV star Katie Hopkins has revealed plans to pursue a new career in politics, expressing hopes to campaign alongside Ukip leader Nigel Farage in the European Referendum campaign. Although she is a conservative at heart, Ms Hopkins believes that Britain

The United Kingdom is going to have a referendum on our membership of the European Union before the end of 2017. As somebody who has sought and campaigned for this outcome for over twenty years, I’m left in a state

British Prime Minister David Cameron is set to call the In/Out referendum on Britain’s European Union membership in June 2016, using his keynote address to the annual Conservative Party Conference this October to announce the fast-tracked date. Although 10 Downing Street has refused to comment

A Committee of MPs has chastised the Cameron government for attempting to unfairly influence the outcome of the British referendum on EU membership, calling attempts to remove the purdah period before the ballot “completely unacceptable.” The purdah period, which normally runs

It was always going to happen, but the pro-European Union, political establishment’s games have now officially begun, kicking off with Britain’s most senior civil servant, Sir Jeremy Heywood, declaring that David Cameron’s government should embark upon an unprecedented stitch up

The founder and chairman of Britain’s largest private firm has called for Britain to leave the EU, saying that he is not interested in a “United States of Europe”, and that he doesn’t think anyone else is either. He believes

The EU Commission could “drop a bombshell” just days before Britain goes to the polls in the EU referendum by making announcements that sway the vote, MPs have been told. They heard that the Commission will be banned from donating

Britain receives less than half the money it puts into the EU back as subsidies thanks to the ongoing Eurozone crisis, a new report has found. The report also found that British households could be as much as £933 a

Business Secretary Sajid Javid has fired a shot across the bows of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) regarding its recent claim Britain should remain in the European Union “no matter what”. Yes – this is the same CBI which received £800,000 in grants

I can’t remember how many European summits I’ve attended. They are generally pretty dull. Last week in Brussels, Mr. Cameron arrived to begin his grand renegotiation. He had previously set out the terms, saying that treaty change was necessary. This

Sir Richard Branson wants the UK to stay part of the EU because the alternative would be catastrophic. His simple reasoning is that “if we go back to being Great Britain again we will have our hands tied behind our

Speaking to reporters outside yesterday’s European Council summit of EU leaders in Brussels, UKIP leader Nigel Farage set out a positive case for the Out side of the promised In/Out referendum. The comments, recorded by EurActiv.com, signal the rejection of a “two fingers