We saw racism on that day, the first time I've been confronted
with racism in a very long time. A Polish MEP described black people as
n***ers and n****s, comparing the millions of unemployed young people to
the southern United States. We were all stunned by the speech and I
wondered at first whether I had misheard.
UKIP MEP for the North East of England
The removal of a truly dreadful secretary of state - who in the
badger cull demonstrated his broader contempt or total failure to
understand scientific evidence - is something to celebrate. The
departure of education secretary Michael Gove is also cause for
celebration. Again, his replacement is largely an unknown quality, her
vote against gay marriage a cause for concern, but there's an
opportunity here for the government to draw a line under a truly awful
period for English schools.
David Cameron yesterday had the enviable task of culling
ministers, apparently to make way for fresh faces. Right-wing media
predictably concentrated on the outrage of loyal long-standing Tories
being driven out, rather than examining the toxicity that drove Cameron
to take dramatic action at this stage of a parliament.
Writer with a background in anthropology and mental health care
The EU juggernaut will still roll on, and Mr. Juncker will still
become Commission President next week, but this time there are 24 UKIP
MEPs determined to stand up for British interests and fight for
democracy.
UKIP MEP for the North East of England
Despite the existence of other international crises, the civil
war in Syria and its effects remain. Three years on from the beginning
of protests against the dictatorial rule of President Assad, the
original struggle for greater rights in a tyrannical state has morphed
into an armed revolution.
Contributing Editor for The Libertarian
I came to this place already opposed to the European Union. But
if I'd been a waverer, the utter hypocrisy of the last week would have
persuaded me of one thing: it is beyond hope, beyond even the
possibility of reform.
UKIP MEP for the North East of England
When I arrived in the European Parliament, I fully expected that
there would be stitch-ups, slanderous accusations, voters' wishes
ignored by the establishment and backstabbing from the political groups.
At the time of writing, I have officially been an MEP for just over 24
hours - what has shocked me is that I have witnessed all of these happen
already.
UKIP MEP for the North East of England
Exactly why the middle bands of the class structure, which
contains around half the population, contain less ethnic interaction is
unclear. One explanation mooted by social theorists is that this group
has less of an achieved status than the professional class, and
therefore invests more strongly in its ethnic identity...
Professor of Politics at Birkbeck, University of London, and author
Foxes are cute, fox cubs particularly cute, it's understandable
that they get a lot of attention and attract compassion. But that
compassion should be encouraged for all of our natural world, and all of
our human world. The potential is there in all of us, but at the moment
our political rhetoric and policies are all discouraging, repressing
that.
The BBC needs to be fully autonomous, with a truly independent
management and executive team that is free from the temper tantrums of
governmental talking heads.
Writer, Stand up comedian,Train Driver & Trade union activist
For Europe's young people, who have often suffered worst from the
crisis, many of them - notably in Spain and Italy - have supported
left-wing or even far right political parties. Some of these far-right
parties are promoting hate-speech, xenophobia, nationalist and
Eurosceptic ideas.
Secretary General of the European Youth Forum, the civil society platform - based in Brussels - striving for youth rights.
UKIP and the Italian Five Star Movement have succeeded in forming
a new Group in the European Parliament. All of these Groups must have a
minimum of 7 countries represented and at least 25 MEPs...
UKIP MEP for the North East of England
I've made a film called Leave to Remain - an odd title that
displays the absurdly English wordplay that describes the 'permission'
that the home office grants asylum seekers to give them 'leave' to
'remain' in this country either definitely or indefinitely. It's a
fitting title for the wilfully confusing system that determines
worthiness for refugee status.
Voted Broadcast magazine’s top 10 Mover
and Shaker in 2012; one of the UK's most exciting and successful
documentary and drama Directors.
In all of this, it's interesting to note that MEPs actually have
very little power. The European Parliament has repeatedly voted to end
the travelling circus, which costs the taxpayer about 150 million euros
per year and over 10,000 tonnes of unnecessary CO2 emissions.
UKIP MEP for the North East of England
There must be a good probability that Nigel Farage will see the
sense in coming to some form of rapprochement with the Tories over
tactics with regard to the constituencies in which UKIP may choose to
field candidates. If the Tories do get re-elected, there is at least the
prospect of a referendum and UKIP will indeed have achieved
something-game theory would certainly suggest this as his best course of
action.
Senior Markets Analyst and Chairman, Saxo Capital Markets UK
Within the storm of normalised homophobia UKIP have created, it
is easy to forget the thousands of young LGBT people who are yet to
'come out'. A sixteen year old Christian who is coming to terms with
being gay is likely to be severely affected by the comments made by UKIP
councillors, particularly when using the Bible as a platform for hate.
This needs to change and it should not be used as a tool to endorsing a
discriminatory political agenda.
Human rights activist, feminist, LGBT advocate and writer.
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