UKIP has shown the resilience and depth of character to regain its position as a vital part of British politics. On 17^th February UKIP was on the edge of insolvency and in imminent danger of being forced out of business.

But after an appeal launched by the interim leader Gerard Batten to raise £100,000, the party responded with huge faith and enthusiasm.

Mr Batten said,

“I am very pleased to announce that my appeal to UKIP members to raise £100k to save the Party from insolvency has met with an incredibly generous response of almost £300k. In addition, the £175k legal bill has been paid by other means. UKIP is now safe.”

“With incredible generosity, our members and branches have responded by donating not £100k but the amazing sum of £294,918.

Money is still coming in and I do not doubt we will raise more than three times the money I asked for.”

Watch Margot Parker speak at the UKIP regional conference in Hull below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqYHRrTwTmk

In the wake of Alison Saunders’ decision to step down as Director of Public Prosecutions, UKIP Leader Gerard Batten is calling on the Government to abolish the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and return that role to the police. Mr. Batten also called on the Government to make root and branch reforms of the way we prosecute crime in the UK.

Mr. Batten said:

“Alison Saunders’ resignation from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is a good start, but the CPS itself needs to be abolished and the power to prosecute handed back to the police.

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UKIP Leader Gerard Batten and Deputy Leader Mike Hookem have attacked a new European Union plan to develop ‘military corridors’ within the EU, describing it as “a head-on charge towards PESCO and EU Military union.”

The effort to update infrastructure for military movements will be part of an on-going plan to create nine east-west and north-south ‘core network corridors’ to be completed by 2030, at a cost of over €500 billion.

UKIP Leader Gerard Batten said:

“This plan is just another aspect of the European Union’s intentions to create its own armed forces.