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{{Infobox political party|name=UK Independence Party|logo=UK Independence Party logo (2022).svg|founded=3 September 1993|leader=Neil Hamilton|founder=Alan Sked|political_orientation=[[Right-wing populism]]<br>[[British]] [[nationalism]]<br>Anti-[[immigration]]<br>[[Euroscepticism]]|position=[[Far-right politics|Far-right]]}}

The '''UK Independence Party''' (UKIP) is a far-right [[Populism|populist]] party in the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]] that has largely fell into irrelevancy after the rise of [[Reform UK]]. It opposes the [[European Union]] (EU), due to the party's [[Racism|racist]], [[Xenophobia|xenophobic]], and British [[Nationalism|nationalist]] beliefs<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=UKIP|title=About UKIP|date=2023|url=https://www.ukip.org/about-UKIP|retrieved=2023-12-06}}</ref> but not because of the EU's involvement in [[imperialism]].<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Proletarian (newspaper)|Proletarian]]|title=Divide and rule: EU immigration and UKIP|date=2014-12|url=https://archive.thecommunists.org/index.php?secName=proletarian&subName=display&art=1091|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521004328/https://archive.thecommunists.org/index.php?secName=proletarian&subName=display&art=1091|archive-date=2022-05-21|retrieved=2022-12-18}}</ref>

== History ==
Founded in 1993 with the sole purpose of campaigning to remove the UK from the EU.<ref name=":0" />

UKIP's pressure on the [[Conservative and Unionist Party|Conservative]] government of [[David Cameron]] was one of the contributing factors that led to a referendum on leaving the EU on June 23 2016. Following the success of [[Brexit]], the party has continued campaigning for an even harsher withdrawal agreement than the one implemented.<ref name=":0" />

== Policies ==
UKIP believes that the EU limited the sovereignty of Britain, and wants a global free market system where the UK can trade with anyone. Notably UKIP wishes to remain in other imperialist organisations such as [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]], the [[WTO]], and the [[United Nations|UN]].<ref name=":0" />

UKIP opposes the UK's two party system created by its [[first past the post]] electoral system, and supports an electoral system reform to a [[proportional representation]] electoral system. Both these systems are [[Bourgeois democracy|bourgeois democratic]] systems though the latter does allow left wing ideas to gain more prominence than the former.<ref name=":0" />

UKIP is traditionalist and has far right ideas on social issues particularly regarding immigration. It is also particularly vocal about its wish to exercise "[[Freedom of speech|free speech]]" (hate speech), constantly complaining about "politically correct ideology" supposedly taking away their ability to speak freely.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
[[Category:Political parties]]
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[[Category:British political parties]]
[[Category:Far-right groups in the United Kingdom]]
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	The '''UK Independence Party''' (UKIP) is a far-right [[Populism\|populist]] party in the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|United Kingdom]] that has largely fell into irrelevancy after the rise of [[Reform UK]]. It opposes the [[European Union]] (EU), due to the party's [[Racism\|racist]], [[Xenophobia\|xenophobic]], and British [[Nationalism\|nationalist]] beliefs<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|newspaper=UKIP\|title=About UKIP\|date=2023\|url=https://www.ukip.org/about-UKIP\|retrieved=2023-12-06}}</ref> but not because of the EU's involvement in [[imperialism]].<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=[[Proletarian (newspaper)\|Proletarian]]\|title=Divide and rule: EU immigration and UKIP\|date=2014-12\|url=https://archive.thecommunists.org/index.php?secName=proletarian&subName=display&art=1091\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521004328/https://archive.thecommunists.org/index.php?secName=proletarian&subName=display&art=1091\|archive-date=2022-05-21\|retrieved=2022-12-18}}</ref>		The '''UK Independence Party''' (UKIP) is a far-right [[Populism\|populist]] party in the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|United Kingdom]] that has largely fell into irrelevancy after the rise of [[Reform UK]]. It opposes the [[European Union]] (EU), due to the party's [[Racism\|racist]], [[Xenophobia\|xenophobic]], and British [[Nationalism\|nationalist]] beliefs<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|newspaper=UKIP\|title=About UKIP\|date=2023\|url=https://www.ukip.org/about-UKIP\|retrieved=2023-12-06}}</ref> but not because of the EU's involvement in [[imperialism]].<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=[[Proletarian (newspaper)\|Proletarian]]\|title=Divide and rule: EU immigration and UKIP\|date=2014-12\|url=https://archive.thecommunists.org/index.php?secName=proletarian&subName=display&art=1091\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521004328/https://archive.thecommunists.org/index.php?secName=proletarian&subName=display&art=1091\|archive-date=2022-05-21\|retrieved=2022-12-18}}</ref>