UKIP

The UK Independence Party, or UKIP as it is better known is a political party gaining ground in the UK. It's stance is openly Eurosceptical. The party succeeds in attracting the votes of rich people that would benefit from a cruel restructuring of the taxation system which is designed to help the needy. Paradoxically, it also attracts the needy by pointing the finger of blame regarding their poverty at immigrants. A political party hasn't been so open to blame ethnic minorities for poverty in an attempt to win over the working class vote since the National Socialist German Workers' Party in the 1930's. Both parties have in common that they rose to prominence following a post-recession period of austerity.

The party has a reputation for bigotry scandals. It constantly has to distance itself from it's own party members following PR blunders when they reveal their racist, sexist or homophobic opinions.

Nigel Farage
Under leader and founder, Nigel Farage, the multi-millionaire son of a multi-millionaire stock-broker, the party appears to be gaining political momentum. Farage seems to enjoy promoting himself by being frequently photographed and filmed sporting a ranine grin, whilst gesturing with a freshly poured pint of real ale. During a Newsnight debate in late 2014, comedian and activist, Russell Brand described Farage as a 'pound shop Enoch Powell'.

Mid January 2015 saw stand-up comic, Al Murray declare himself as a candidate for Farage's South Thanet constituency in Kent. Amusingly, he was quoted as saying, “it’s time for a bloke waving a pint offering common sense solutions”.