I was shocked to read a Eurosceptic website actually attacking UKIP because its MEPs voted in favour of a Parliament resolution condemning anti-Semitism! (Read the full article here.)

Just occasionally, I do feel a bit sorry for UKIP’s ragtag bunch of MEPs. Since being elected in 2004, they’ve barely made a positive contribution to anything. On the occasions they bother to turn up to Parliament at all, they invariably vote against everything. But on the occasions when even they can’t bring themselves to object – for instance, to a resolution condemning the Holocaust and expressing concern over the rise of xenophobia – they then come under attack from their own side for betraying their principles!