Make Britain Great Again: How Ukip tried to ride the Trump wave – and it ended in disaster
Make Britain Great Again: How Ukip tried to ride the Trump wave – and it ended in disaster Lizzie Dearden © Provided by The Independent It was founded in the 1990s as a party for Eurosceptics, but after the Brexit referendum Ukip was without purpose and, after the exit of Nigel Farage as leader, without its frontman. What came next was a chaotic decline that saw the party take inspiration from across the Atlantic, trying to harness the Donald Trump’s populist message in the UK. As Ukip, which now uses the slogan “Save Britain”, faced fresh accusations of pandering ...