Article: Rumours, plotting, even a BNP link - is the party over for Ukip?

Article: MAKING PLANS WITH NIGEL Ukip's laddish leader is on a mission to transform his party into a major and lasting political force. First, though, he has to overcome his internal critics, a court case, an expenses probe, a suspicious wife and, er, make it out of the pub.
The Sunday Telegraph London;  March 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Kingdom Independence Party is, it would seem, up for it. Mr Farage is apparently...a Conservative Party mug. After that, Mr Farage suggested we move...appointed to run the party's campaigns. Since Mr Farage inherited the leadership, party membership has...

Article: Farage to widen appeal of UKIP
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  September 14, 2006 ;     574 words ......breakthrough at Westminster. Mr Farage is unquestionably the party's most impressive orator...being a fully fledged party." Mr Farage reckons the party's campaign literature...non-racist, non-sectarian party." So will the Farage gamble pay off? Opponents...

Article: Farage wins UKIP leadership battle
Yorkshire Post;  September 13, 2006 ;     156 words ...Nigel Farage has secured the support...the majority of his party to be elected the...the UK Independence Party. Mr Farage, who is a member...votes was 7,405. Mr Farage replaces former party leader Roger Knapman. Mr Farage said he aimed to...

Article: Farage defends ex-nf member over e-mail
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  March 24, 2007 ;     543 words ......the National Front "is the party of common sense" - was allowed to join UKIP. Mr Farage has personally said he has purged his party of anyone veering towards...councillor in Torridge had quit the party and become a paid-up member of the Conservative Party. But Mr Farage was buoyant ...

Article: Leading Ukip members quit after donations 'fail to get to party HQ'
The Sunday Telegraph London;  February 18, 2007 ;     408 words ......up. It doubled the party's membership and...up in 2003 by Mr Farage, who then ran Ukip...that this allowed Mr Farage to control the majority...donations to the party. They also said that...centre generated. Mr Farage said the south-east...because the central party did not want to...

Article: A financial probe and pounds 1m from an ex bookie: the truth behind Ukip With elections looming and party's membership falling, Electoral Commission investigates donor lists. Andrew Alderson and Robert Watts report
The Sunday Telegraph London;  February 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ......from the Tories, and with his party's vote rising election by election, Nigel Farage struck a confident note as...United Kingdom Independence Party (Ukip) last week. Behind the...assault on the Conservative Party, it is likely to be renamed the Independence Party ahead of the May local ...

Article: party
The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus;      301 words ...party • noun   1. 150 people attended the party synonyms : (social) gathering, (social) function, get-together...shebang, bop, hop, blast, wingding. See table.   2. a party of German tourists synonyms : group, company, body, gang...

Article: European People's Party Concerned With Austria's Move to Right MADRID, February 5
Xinhua English Newswire;  February 6, 2000 ;     258 words ...Party leaders of European countries attending a two-day meeting here have expressed deep concern over Austria's swerve to the right with some representatives calling for suspension of the Austrian People's Party from the European People's Party. Speaking Saturday at the end of the "Europe 2010: the Future ...

Article: Ukip 'spent cash meant for MEPs' As scandal-hit party plunges towards meltdown, the man who could save it is sunning himself in the Canaries
The Sunday Telegraph London;  February 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ......constitution and use proper party governance.'' The Sunday Telegraph...latest allegations. Nigel Farage, Ukip's leader, admitted that the party had been investigated about...literature. But his beloved party appears close to meltdown...infighting after a former party leadership contender ...

Article: Chinese Communist Party Leader Calls for Tighter Controls Over Society
The Washington Post;  October 18, 1989 ;     617 words ...Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin has urged strengthening party controls over all levels of society, as China shuns the...today in the official press, Jiang said that Communist Party organizations at all levels "should bring into full play...

Article: Independence Party begins convention; The governor's party seeks a U.S. Senate candidate - and an image.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  June 24, 2000 ;     700+ words ...The Independence Party's struggle to become more than a handy label for...conventions, are expected to attend the Independent Party's event at O'Shaughnessy Auditorium. And underscoring the party's shoestring budget and tenuous claim to major party...

Article: Party vs. protest
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  February 17, 2000 ;     343 words ...REFORM PARTY - This group needs to rally around principles, not...if it wants to stick around. Keeping the Reform Party together was always problematic anyway. For whatever reason, third-party movements in this country tend to come and go...

Article: Communist Party faces crossroads of capitalism
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Communist Party faces crossroads of capitalism Once hated, Chinese businessmen...whether it can stay in power. Can a capitalist be a good Communist Party member? "Without the party's policy and leadership I wouldn't have my own business today...

Article: Brown out for the count ; Labour humiliated as party slumps to a record low
Belfast Telegraph;  June 8, 2009 ;     690 words ......Yorkshire and the Humber and in the North West where the party's leader Nick Griffin was elected. Health Secretary Andy...it is a comment on Westminster politics." Conservative Party chairman Eric Pickles said the BNP had been able to make...that he was determined to build on their success. "The party is ...