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Ukip resignations plunge party into further turmoil
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Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Dec 07, 2018 05:33pm |
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Author | Matthew Weaver |
News Date | Friday, December 7, 2018 11:10:00 AM UTC0:0 |
Description | The resignation of three MEPs from Ukip over the appointment of the far-right campaigner Tommy Robinson as adviser has plunged the party into turmoil, forcing its leader to pull out of his European party group.
The leader, Gerard Batten, announced his resignation from the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group (EFDD) after an exodus of senior figures from the party, including the EFDD president, Nigel Farage.
Batten said he could not remain in the EFDD while Farage launched “continual attacks on me and Ukip in the UK media”.
On Friday Ukip’s former leader Paul Nuttall announced he was quitting the party, as did David Coburn, its leader in Scotland, and Nathan Gill, a Welsh MEP. Later, the London assembly member Peter Whittle, Ukip’s 2016 candidate for London mayor, also resigned.
Several other leading Ukip figures have also quit in recent weeks over the party’s lurch to the far right. They include the former leadership candidate Suzanne Evans and the MEP Patrick O’Flynn. |
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