Seven Things You Should Know About UKIP And Farage 1. UKIP claims to be anti-establishment. But Farage is a privately educated, ex-Tory City broker. On top of his £81,500 a year salary as an MEP, he has claimed £2m of taxpayers’ money in expenses and allowances. 2. UKIP leader Nigel Farage says he’s a man of the people. But the Daily Mirror exposed how he opened a trust fund in an offshore tax haven, in a bid to save thousands of pounds in tax-money that could be spent on schools, hospitals and public housing 3. UKIP wants to introduce a flat rate income tax of 31%. That means low-paid workers would face a huge tax hike – while the Duke of Westminister, who is worth a cool £7.8bn, would get a tax cut. 4. UKIP wants to take money away from state schools and give it to private schools like Eton. It pledges to hugely increase military spending, building seven aircraft carriers. This would cost £48.3bn – almost half the annual NHS budget. 5. UKIP is riddl...