The EFDD.

The Mail on Sunday is engaging merrily in a, pre-Rochester and Strood by-election, hatchet job on UKIP. (Surprise, surprise!) Most people have not got the slightest idea why the Europe for Freedom & Direct Democracy group has been forced to take on board a rather unsavoury Polish MEP. Simply put - it is the result of a scam by the EU. (Surprise, surprise!)                        What they did was to put together a system which would shore up europhile parties but deny monies to those which were not. Seemingly, Labour's objectionable Richard Corbett MEP was the guiding hand behind all of this. So how does it work? - Well, europhile MEPs form into like-minded groups each representing seven countries - and provided they have a combined 25 MEPs - their Brussels staffing is funded. Easy peasy - almost impossible to fail to get the dosh.
UKIP, with 24 MEPs must find one more MEP and they will get the money? - NO! - There has to be SEVEN countries represented. The ONLY possible reason for this absurdity was surely to target the UK's favourite MEPs.
So when the EU cunningly cause a Latvian MEP to move groups, UKIP had a group of MEPs almost double the necessary number but only representing SIX nations. Hence, NO funding for UKIP. A democratic disgrace!                                                                                                                The Mail uses the 'word' pockets when talking about Mr Farage. (I suggest that he gets his libel lawyers onto it!) But simply put - take on one unsavoury Pole or sack all your staff in Brussels. Bit of a no-brainer, innit?