What is the UKIP stance on Northern Ireland?

They are a pro-Union party, i.e. want Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom. They currently oppose a referendum on whether Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom. read more

In terms of candidates UKIP used to pride itself on standing in every part of the UK but for the 2017 general election they have no candidates standing in Northern Ireland. Instead they want people to vote for a pro-Brexit, pro-Union candidate. read more

Commenting on this, UKIP Spokesman for Northern Ireland, Robert Hill says: “Seventeen months with no fully functioning Assembly and executive, yet MLAs are still getting full-time pay for a job they are only partly doing. read more

In UKIP's literature, the party has placed an emphasis on"restoring Britishness" and counteracting what it sees as a"serious existential crisis" exhibited by the"Islamification" of Britain, the"pseudo-nationalisms" of Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and the multicultural and supranational policies promoted by"the cultural left", describing its own stance as being"unashamedly unicultural". read more