UKIP Leader Nick Tenconi is becoming increasingly deranged. The man with the megaphone, making a nuisance of himself in town centres around Britain every weekend, is clearly rattled. Under his new, dynamic leadership, UKIP is falling flat on its face and needs picking up before his political suitor ‘Tommy Robinson’ gets out of jail and […]
Ben Walker
The curse of Searchlight, pt 2024 – more UKIP resignations
It seems our UKIP-related posts of the last couple of days have prompted yet further desertions from the upper echelons of the party. Dr Chris Ho (pictured left) a Glasgow-based doctor who had been the party’s Health and Social Care Spokesman, was so dismayed at our story that leader Nick Tenconi had a conviction for […]
Exclusive: ‘UKIP is over’ says former Deputy Leader in open letter to members
Rebecca Jane Sutton (aka simply ‘Rebecca Jane’) was Deputy Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party from October 2022 to January 2024. Rebecca has decided that Searchlight would be an appropriate vehicle to carry an open letter from her to UKIP members. After reading that letter, we feel that she is right. We are, of […]
Newly elected UKIP Leader quits
Only a few weeks after being elected as Leader of UKIP, Lois Perry suddenly resigned yesterday, citing health issues. However, whilst her departure in the middle of the election campaign was remarkable, it is not itself altogether surprising. It was never clear when she ran successfully for the party leadership election only two months ago, […]
UKIP: desperate move to refill the ranks
UKIP has moved significantly to the right in recent months with the lifting of a long-standing ban on former members of fascist and nazi groups joining the party. The move appears to have set off something of a crisis in the party, with several high-level resignations ensuing. UKIP’s rule book for many years contained a […]