{"id":367656,"date":"2026-01-13T16:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/367656\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T16:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:55:13","slug":"ukip-submits-application-for-questionable-new-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/367656\/","title":{"rendered":"UKIP submits application for questionable new logo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UKIP has officially applied to change its logo, and seems to be going for a much less subtle far-right vibe with the new look.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the the party that may have a genuine claim to being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelondoneconomic.com\/politics\/caerphilly-senedd-by-election-reform-plaid-cymru-ukip-399570\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the most irrelevant in Britain<\/a>, decided to launch a rebrand with a new logo and image.<\/p>\n<p>They ditched the yellow and purple colour scheme, along with the pound logo that grew to prominence under the leadership of Nigel Farage.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelondoneconomic.com\/politics\/magazine-cover-depicts-trump-with-oil-hitler-moustache-402141\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">European magazine eviscerates Trump with genius cover<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In it\u2019s place is a new logo featuring swords and a slogan branding themselves as \u2018the new right.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and they seem to have adopted the Iron Cross, a symbol most commonly associated with the German military, particularly that of Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n<p>UKIP have now officially submitted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.electoralcommission.org.uk\/political-registration-and-regulation\/political-party-registration\/current-applications-update-party-registrations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">an application to the Electoral Commission<\/a> to adopt the new logo, which has been branded \u201cconcerning\u201d by some on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Many others were shocked by UKIP\u2019s new logo, pointing out the obvious far-right and dare we say fascist vibes it is giving off. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You HAVE to be kidding? <br \/>Will they be wearing white pointy hats too? \ud83d\ude33\ud83e\udd2c<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abigail Johnson \u267f\ufe0f (@Nursey1994) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nursey1994\/status\/2011011138843029948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the departure of Nigel Farage a few years ago and Reform\u2019s rise to prominence on the right of British politics, UKIP have clearly decided to veer further to the right. <\/p>\n<p>Last year, their leader Nick Tenconi was condemned for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelondoneconomic.com\/politics\/proscribe-ukip-who-is-leader-nick-tenconi-396521\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">performing a salute<\/a> at an anti-immigrant rally which let\u2019s just say was suspiciously similar to that which Elon Musk did at Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration. <\/p>\n<p>Luckily, UKIP are at unprecedented levels of irrelevance and are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelondoneconomic.com\/news\/ukip-pledge-to-deport-bob-vylan-and-everyone-says-the-same-thing-395006\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a subject of mockery in British politics<\/a> now. <\/p>\n<p>At the Caerphilly by-election last year, the party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelondoneconomic.com\/politics\/caerphilly-senedd-by-election-reform-plaid-cymru-ukip-399570\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">finished last<\/a> with just 79 votes. <\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s keep it that way, shall we?<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UKIP has officially applied to change its logo, and seems to be going for a much less subtle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,56,57633,54,55],"class_list":["post-367656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-uk","tag-ukip","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}