Bad news for UKIP.

[Tony.Williams]

She was working as a racist in a cocktail bar when he met her. But even then she knew she'd find a much better place either with or without him.

But would she have the world at her feet in only five years?

[bindeweede]

I forget what that saying is about sinking ships......

Thurrock's 17 UKIP councillors all resign from party

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-42830757

[Tony.Williams]

Any bets that Bolton was a plant by the Tories to destabilise UKIP? Are conspiracy theories allowed?

Maybe not the Tories: apparently UKIP members suspect that Bolton might be a Lib Dem agent, sent to destroy the party from within.

[Croydon13013]

Maybe not the Tories: apparently UKIP members suspect that Bolton might be a Lib Dem agent, sent to destroy the party from within.

Brilliant UKIP logic. Obviously the LibDumb priority would be to destroy a party with even less support than they have rather than try to get votes back from the Tories and Labour who squeezed them in the last two General Elections.

[bindeweede]

The saga continues.

Ukip sacks Henry Bolton as leader in wake of racism row to spark fourth leadership contest in 18 months.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 15656.html

[Tony.Williams]

[chaggle]

You mean they held a vote which reversed the result of a previous vote?

[bindeweede]

You mean they held a vote which reversed the result of a previous vote?

Yes, and I expect one or two of them will spot the irony. Eventually.

[bindeweede]

David Schneider
‏
@davidschneider
5h5 hours ago

Hi. I’m down to be leader of UKIP between 2pm and 4pm on April 13th but I’ve got a dentist appointment. Can anyone swap

[bindeweede]

"UKIP Faces Being Wound Up In A Fortnight After Judge Orders Payment Of £175,000 Libel Case Costs."

Oh dear. Who would have thought it could come to this? Perhaps some of Farage's Trumpy friends might come to the rescue?

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ ... k-homepage

[Tony.Williams]

UKIP has been tottering around since it achieved its basic aim and thereby became irrelevant. It's been the walking dead for months, so this could be a good excuse for it to disappear.

[bindeweede]

A brief update from a site new to me.

"UKIP faces collapse in candidate numbers ahead of local elections."

The anti-EU party will contest just 550 seats, around 12% of the total. The figure is a marked reduction on the 2,193 fielded in 2014, when Nigel Farage led the party.

Lord Hayward, a Conservative pollster, said that the figures were catastrophic for UKIP, and said that the party appeared “virtually dead”.

https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/po ... head-local

I expect Lord Hayward will have a pretty good idea where UKIP supporters have gone.

[Croydon13013]

In 2014 UKIP contested 42 out of 70 council seats in Croydon. In 2018 they can only manage 8 candidates:

https://insidecroydon.com/2018/04/07/uk ... elections/

[bindeweede]

Curiouser and curiouser. New UKIP leader announces his resignation - in a year's time.

"Therefore, I intend to resign on 13th April 2019 so that a full leadership contest may take place. By then I will have decided if I wish to contest that election or not. For the next 12 months, I will concentrate on doing all I can to restore the party's fortunes. A very good start has been made and the party is now on a sound financial footing."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 05211.html

[Matt]

Cynical to suggest it's an effort to emulate the Blessed St Nigel in both resigning and campaigning to be leader again?