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ü KEYS 3: put the verbs in the brackets in the correct form – simple present, present perfect or simple past – sometimes in their passive voice:

The UK Independence Party (UKIP /ˈjuːkɪp/) IS a Eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. It IS HEADQUARTERED in Newton Abbot, Devon, and currently led by . At Westminster, UKIP HAS no Members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons and three representatives in the House of Lords. It HAS 20 Members of the (MEPs), making it jointly the largest UK party in that Parliament. It HAS six Assembly Members (AMs) in the National Assembly for Wales and 438 councillors in UK local government. Ideologically positioned on the right wing of British politics, UKIP HAS BEEN CHARACTERISED as part of a broader European radical right by political scientists. It PROMOTES a British unionist and British nationalist agenda, although its claim that the latter IS a form of non-racial civic nationalism HAS BEEN DISPUTED. UKIP's primary emphasis HAS BEEN on , calling for the UK's exit from the (EU). It HAS ALSO PLACED strong emphasis on lowering immigration, opposing multiculturalism, and encouraging a unitary British identity. On social issues like LGBT rights and education policy it FAVOURS traditional values. Influenced by Thatcherism and classical liberalism, it DESCRIBES itself as economically libertarian and PROMOTES liberal economic policies. Having an ideological heritage stemming from the right wing of the Conservative Party, it DISTINGUISHES itself from the political establishment through heavy use of populist rhetoric. UKIP ORIGINATED as the Anti-Federalist League, a single-issue Eurosceptic party that WAS ESTABLISHED by the historian Alan Sked in 1991. It WAS RENAMED UKIP in 1993 but its growth REMAINED slow; it WAS LARGELY ECLIPSED by the Eurosceptic Referendum Party until the latter's 1997 dissolution. Sked WAS THEN OUSTED by a faction led by , who BECAME the party's preeminent figure. Under Farage's leadership, from 2009 the party ADOPTED a wider policy platform and CAPITALISED on concerns about rising immigration, in particular among the White British working class. This RESULTED in significant breakthroughs at the 2013 local elections, 2014 European elections, and 2015 general election. The pressure UKIP EXERTED on the government IS WIDELY REGARDED as the main reason for the 2016 referendum which LED to the decision to withdraw from the European Union. Governed by its leader and National Executive Committee, UKIP IS DIVIDED into twelve regional groups, with an additional one representing Gibraltar. UKIP IS a founding member of the Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe European political party, and the party's MEPs SIT with the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group in the European Parliament. While gaining electoral support from various sectors of British society, political scientists HAVE ESTABLISHED that its primary voting base is in England and CONSISTS largely of older, working-class white Britons. UKIP HAS FACED a critical reception from mainstream political parties, much of the British media, and anti-fascist groups; its discourse on immigration and cultural identity HAVE GENERATED accusations of racism and xenophobia, both of which it DENIES.