I honestly don't know. I have even seen the BNP put up advertisements, so I can't suggest it has to do with ideology. Perhaps it has to do with the danger they pose to the established order? :)
Regards, Ivan
Is it true that the UKIP actually WAS banned from radio/TV? Were other parties able to run ads on the EU election topic?
sorry for skepticism, but this is a Morris article.
There were no television or radio adverts for UKIP, or any other politcal party contesting the elections, because widespread political advertising on television and radio is banned in Britain.
Instead, political parties get what are known as "Party Politcal Broadcasts". These are 5 minute slots on the main networks in Britain, and a party gets allocated a number of these depending on how many candidates parties field.
Labour, Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats got 3 or 4 for this election (because the Euro elections were combined with the local government elections). UKIP got at least 1 slot, but I think they got a 2nd, I can't remember.