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In this Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, file photo, U.K. Independence Party leader Nigel Farage smiles as he arrives at Trump Tower, in New York. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)
November 1, 2017, 1:03 am
UK’s Farage says US Jews have disproportionate influence over politics
Right-wing ex-politician’s comments on ‘very powerful’ Israel lobby sparks outrage by anti-Semitism watchdog
By JTA
Donald Trump meets Nigel Farage, the first UK politician to meet the president-elect after the November 8, 2016 elections (Twitter)
December 10, 2016, 8:24 am
Brexit lobbyist Farage wants to help Trump bring peace to Middle East
‘I’m quite good at negotiating,’ the former UKIP leader says in interview in which he speaks of his plans to remain active on world stage
By TOI staff
UK Independence Party's Steven Woolfe, a Member of the European Parliament, speaks at the final press conference before the referendum on Britain's vote to leave or remain in the EU, in London, June 22, 2016. (APo/Alastair Grant, File)
October 6, 2016, 5:13 pm
British anti-EU lawmaker hospitalized after ‘altercation’
UKIP frontrunner Steven Woolfe said to be in serious condition after row with colleagues in European Parliament
By AFP
Supporters of Austrian presidential candidate Alexander Van der Bellen dance behind a sign reading 'No Nazi at the Hofburg' during a rave outside of Hofburg palace on the eve of elections in Vienna, Austria, May 21, 2016. (AFP/Joe Klamar)
May 25, 2016, 3:45 am
After Austria election, a look at Europe’s rising right-wing parties
Battle for Vienna leadership largely viewed as proxy fight between continent’s political center and growing populist, anti-establishment movements
By AP
US President Barack Obama speaks to the press at the White House in Washington, DC, March 31, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/JIM WATSON)
April 1, 2015, 2:43 pm
UK pol quits over ‘kidnap Obama’ quip
Jeremy Zeid, from far-right UKIP, wrote that Israel should grab US leader as it did Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann
By AFP
Illustrative photo of a kosher butcher slaughtering a chicken. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 4, 2015, 4:31 pm
British party supports religious slaughter ban
Jewish group accuses right-wing UKIP of using ‘weak science,’ calls the move ‘opportunistic’
By JTA
UKIP Friends of Israel logo. (photo credit: UKIP Friends of Israel)
December 4, 2014, 9:34 am
Zionist group panned for Jewish cash logo
UK Independence party’s ‘Friends of Israel’ symbol challenged for unintended money allusion
By Stuart Winer
London's Westminster Cathedral. (Photo credit: Westminster Cathedral image via Shutterstock)
November 28, 2014, 12:40 am
UK party mistakes cathedral for mosque
UKIP branch blasts the BBC for liberal bias after survey conducted in front of ‘Muslim’ place of worship
By TOI staff
Douglas Carswell, the winning UK Independence Party (UKIP) candidate for the Clacton by-election, poses for photographs outside his campaign offices in Clacton-on-Sea, England, October 7, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
October 10, 2014, 6:09 pm
Euroskeptic UKIP wins first seat in British Parliament
Anti-immigration and anti-EU party gets candidate Douglas Carswell elected in landslide vote in Clacton-on-Sea
By DANICA KIRKA
Nigel Farage, leader of Britain's UK Independence Party (UKIP), laughs as he arrives to hear results of the south east region European Parliamentary election vote at the Guildhall in Southampton, England, Sunday, May 25, 2014. (Photo credit: AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
May 26, 2014, 4:19 am
Far right, Euroskeptics sweep EU vote
Many parties promote anti-immigrant, anti-EU and often anti-Semitic policies; European Commission head calls on pro-EU groups to come together
By AP and AFP
Far right party National Front leader Marine Le Pen poses for photographers before addressing reporters at the party's headquarters in Nanterre, west of Paris, Sunday May 25, 2014.(Photo credit: AP/Remy de la Mauviniere)
May 26, 2014, 1:11 am
France’s far-right ‘earthquake’ rocks EU camp
National Front storms European Parliament polls; UKIP’s Nigel Farage hails victory in Britain; Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn delivers strong showing
By AFP and AP
UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage (R) smiles after signing a copy of his book for a supporter in Basildon in Essex, east of London, on May 23, 2014, as results continue to come in from local council elections in Britain. (photo credit: Ben Stansall/AFP)
May 24, 2014, 8:26 am
UKIP surge challenges Britain’s three-party mold
Rise of euroskeptic Farage should prompt mainstream parties to address working-class concerns, say top papers
By AFP
Nigel Farage, leader of Britain's United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), smiles at a pub in South Benfleet, England. (photo credit: AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)
May 23, 2014, 7:22 pm
UK’s anti-EU party makes huge gains in local vote
UKIP party with its anti-immigrant platform takes some 150 seats; Labour wins largest share of seats, as most results declared
By Jill Lawless
Nigel Farage, leader of Britain's United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) poses for the media before voting for the European Parliament in Cudham, England, on Thursday, May 22, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)
May 23, 2014, 12:03 pm
Britain’s UKIP surges in local council elections
Anti-EU, anti-immigration party gains 89 seats, having previously held just one, in early results; Cameron’s Conservatives lose 97 seats
By AFP and AP
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