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| Ukip website down: Political party are 'aware of the problem' | Ukip website down: Political party are 'aware of the problem' |
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| Ukip’s website is down, although it is yet unclear as to whether it is a website glitch or it has been taken down deliberately. | Ukip’s website is down, although it is yet unclear as to whether it is a website glitch or it has been taken down deliberately. |
| Although initial reactions on Twitter were assumptions that the political party had forgotten to renew their domain name, the expiry date listed on Domain Tools is 22 March of 2016. | Although initial reactions on Twitter were assumptions that the political party had forgotten to renew their domain name, the expiry date listed on Domain Tools is 22 March of 2016. |
| A screengrab of Domain Tools shows that the expiry date on the Ukip website is 22 March 2016 | A screengrab of Domain Tools shows that the expiry date on the Ukip website is 22 March 2016 |
| At the time of writing, www.ukip.org leads to an as of yet unregistered web page, whereas before it hosted details of Ukip policy, news, and information about their manifesto. | At the time of writing, www.ukip.org leads to an as of yet unregistered web page, whereas before it hosted details of Ukip policy, news, and information about their manifesto. |
| Oops! UKIP seem to have forgotten to renew the domain name of their official website http://t.co/drNC7veCF8 pic.twitter.com/5A4yJslVTJ | Oops! UKIP seem to have forgotten to renew the domain name of their official website http://t.co/drNC7veCF8 pic.twitter.com/5A4yJslVTJ |
| However who.is.org shows that the website was updated on 5 January 2015. Further information shows that the website was also updated today (6 January). | However who.is.org shows that the website was updated on 5 January 2015. Further information shows that the website was also updated today (6 January). |
| Ukip have said they are aware of the problem and are working on fixing it. A Ukip source suggested it was down to "dirty tricks" that "usually happen before an election". | |
| An official UKIP Spokesman told The Independent: "We have had a technical problem with the website overnight, it is being worked on currently and will get it back up as soon as possible." |