The UK Independence Party (UKIP) presents itself as ‘the UK’s fourth political party — and the only one now offering a radical alternative’.
UKIP was formed in 1993 by Alan Sked and other members of the Anti-Federalist League, with the objective of UK withdrawal from the European Union. Its most influential leader has been Nigel Farage. He was a founding member of the party, having defected from the Conservative Party in 1992 following the signing of the Maastricht Treaty. He has been a UKIP MEP for the South East of England since 1999, was leader of the party from 2006 to 2009, and has been again since November 2010. (He stepped down from the leadership in order, unsuccessfully, to challenge the Speaker of the House, John Bercow, in the 2010 general election.)
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