The UK government says it is preparing legislation to force banks to stop shutting down and refusing customers because of their political views. Ideological blacklisting should be able to lead to revoked banking licenses. The background is that Nigel Farage, former party leader of the Brexit party Ukip, had his accounts suspended by the bank Coutts. A document from the British bank shows that the... 

Nigel Farage has said that Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán represents “the future of Europe” and predicted the EU will become more focused on nationhood, rejecting the domination of Brussels. “Orbán actually believes in things. He does not sheepishly, slavishly go along with the European project as he firmly believes in the concept of the nation-state.” “He clearly is a strong... 

UKIP’s former leader Nigel Farage is quitting the party amid a Brexit row. This is what Farage said as cited by The Telegraph. In November, Farage remarked that Britain’s withdrawal arrangements added up to the “worst deal in history” for the UK. Sputnik has discussed this with Jerry Hicks, Trade Unionist, and political commentator. Sputnik: What do you make of the timing of... 

British Jewish groups have accused UKIP of indulging in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories through its links with Alex Jones’ right-wing website, Infowars, calling on the party to disassociate itself from the “vile” website. The calls come in the wake of pipe bomb plots that targeted 14 high profile figures in the US including billionaire investor George Soros, and the Pittsburgh synagogue attack... 

EU-backed copyright rules could force YouTube to ‘bank account’ holders from uploading their videos, according to Susan Wojcicki of YouTube. In a message to account holders Susan warned that Article 13 “threatens to shut down the ability of millions of people – from creators like you to everyday users – to upload content to platforms like YouTube”. Ms. Wojcicki warned that “It threatens... 

A number of prominent alt-right figures and YouTube comedians claim to have joined British political party UKIP, ostensibly to spite anti-racist campaigners who succeeded in getting them deplatformed. The charge was led by Scottish YouTuber Count Dankula (Mark Meechan), who last Friday tweeted he would join the right-wing Eurosceptic party if he received 10,000 retweets. “I’m not joking, this... 

Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has urged the UK to not intervene in the Syrian conflict, claiming it will only spread “chaos” in the region and benefit Islamic State terrorists. Whilst making it clear he regards President Bashar al-Assad as a “bad guy”, Mr. Farage compared Syria to Libya and Iraq to argue that the removal of Arab tyrants usually leaves a power vacuum that even worse forces... 

Brexiteer Nigel Farage got a hero’s welcome in the United States on Friday, telling the Conservative Political Action Conference that supporting Donald Trump in 2016 was ‘the best decision I ever made in my life.’ The swashbuckling anti-establishment Member of the European Parliament was on the event’s schedule just hours after Trump delivered a 75-minute stemwinder to a capacity... 

Brexit campaign leader Nigel Farage has called out billionaire open borders campaigner George Soros and his “reliable friends” for collusion on a grand scale. Speaking in a debate on the Paradise Papers in the European Parliament, the UKIP MEP pointed out that the financier had funded the exposé. “I say this at a time when the use of money and the influence it may have had on the Brexit result... 

Speaking about the so-called Russia probe in the United States, British politician Nigel Farage suggests that Israel exerts too much influence in the US by referring to some “foreign lobbies” that are “very powerful” despite the small number of Jews in the country. “There are about six million Jewish people living in America, so as a percentage it’s quite small, but... 

People in Britain may start to call for terrorist suspects to be put into internment camps if something is not done to prevent further attacks after three major incidents in three months, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage says. In a debate on the right-wing Murdoch-owned Fox News, Farage discussed the idea of suspects being rounded up and detained without trial. Internment has rarely been used in the... 

An Orthodox rabbi, standing as the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) mayoral candidate, last week posted photographs of himself burning a Bible—but, unlike non-Jews arrested for burning a Koran on the Internet, or for placing bacon sandwiches outside a mosque, he faces no police investigation or charges. According to a report in the Times of Israel, UKIP’s Manchester mayoral candidate,... 

Nigel Farage has been scolded for likening members of the European Parliament to the “mafia” holding the UK “hostage.” The former-UKIP leader made the scandalous remarks while the legislators were meeting to draft guidelines for Brexit negotiations. European Parliament President Antonio Tajani, an Italian MEP, demanded that Farage retract his “unacceptable” comments. Acknowledging that... 

Marine Le Pen’s loss of EU Parliament immunity is going to help her get elected: French people and other Europeans see it as a plot by the establishment to silence her, it shows the EU Parliament is undemocratic, says David Coburn, UKIP MEP. French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has had her EU Parliamentary immunity revoked. The decision follows the second round of voting held by EU Parliament... 

UKIP’s Nigel Farage is reportedly planning to travel to the US next month to meet with Donald Trump’s transition team, having already been the first British politician to meet the president-elect after his shock victory. The visit to Washington DC will be seen as a fresh bid to undermine Prime Minister Theresa May, who is still yet to meet the president-elect. Farage has repeatedly offered himself...