United Kingdom First Party
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United Kingdom First Party
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| Leader | Robin Page |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Dissolved | 2010 |
| Ideology |
Populism, Euroscepticism, Conservatism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| National affiliation | Alliance for Democracy |
| Colours | Red, white and blue |
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| www.ukfp.org | |
The United Kingdom First Party was a small short-lived populist, EuroscepticBritish political party. It was created in 2009 and included a number of former members of the UK Independence Party seeking independence from the EU but with transparency, probity and an ethical base. It fielded candidates in three English regions for the 2009 European parliamentary elections: the East Midlands, the East of England and the South East.
The party agreed to work with the Popular Alliance during the election, in order to achieve the two parties' goals, with both parties saying they had similar backgrounds and goals.
It disbanded in 2010 after its failure in the European parliamentary elections.
The party placed its opposition to British membership of the European Union in the context of a desire to reduce “the cost, the scope and the number of layers of government.” It set out a brief summary of its policies, with an undertaking to develop them further after the European elections, influenced by the outcome, towards simpler taxation, smaller Government and less centralisation.
The party also claimed to believe in freedom for Britain to negotiate its own trade deals individually or as part of a trade bloc, free speech, and the ability to hold politicians to account through referenda.
Candidates for the European Parliament in 2009 included the journalist and former presenter of One Man and His Dog, Robin Page, and the former UK Independence Party chairman Petrina Holdsworth.
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