United Kingdom Independence Party

"Baroness Ashton is ideal for her new role," says Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party. "She has never had a proper job, and has never been elected to public office."

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"With low-profile appointees, no-one can take seriously any longer the Eurosceptic deception that these positions would challenge the supremacy of nation states acting together when they agree." But UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage said: "The EU has this evening appointed two political pygmies."

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"This fraud was so blatant, I do not believe for one moment you were disadvantaged in understanding the system or that this fraud should be seen as falling into some grey area which you might not have fully comprehended," Judge Geoffrey Rivlin said in sentencing Tom Wise, 61, a former representative for the fringe UK Independence Party. Wise, who represented the UKIP before becoming an independent, spent a year channeling some 40,000 pounds ($66,080) in taxpayers' cash into a bank account he secretly controlled. He maintained a 3,000-pound "secretarial assistance allowance"

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Mr Wheeler, who was once the Tories' biggest donor, said: "UKIP cost the Conservative Party 20 or 30 seats in the last general election.

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"He did so because he had been caught and was trying to minimise the trouble he was in. " Paul Nuttall, the chairman of UKIP, said: "Tom Wise broke faith with the UK Independence Party, which is why the whip was withdrawn. "

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Paul Nuttall, the chairman of Ukip, said in a statement: "Tom Wise broke faith with the UK Independence Party, which is why the whip was withdrawn. We believe as a party it is vital as a matter of public confidence that justice is done."

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Mr McMillan-Scott added: "The UKIP-tendency within the Conservative Party could prevent the Tory victory at the general election which I look forward to. "

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"We believe it is vital as a matter of public confidence that justice is done." UKIP leader Nigel Farrage said: "He broke the procedures that I laid down for him, he broke the Parliament's rules, he's lied to us consistently about this for years and finally, at last, today he's admitted that he did it. "I am mightily relieved that has happened, and I feel justified that when I took the whip away from him, when I got rid of him, that I did do the right thing."

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"It must, however, be fully understood that in terms of the ultimate sentence, nothing must be read into that." The judge then added: "I see Mr Wise nodding because he knows too well what the situation is." Ukip's chairman, Paul Nuttall, said: "Tom Wise broke faith with the UK Independence party, which is why the whip was withdrawn. We believe as a party it is vital as a matter of public confidence that justice is done and have no doubt that this will set a precedent for many Westminster MPs."

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Titley said: "I was embarrassed and disgusted when the Leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage, remained firmly seated during the lengthy standing ovation Prince Charles received.

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