Since Nigel Farage stepped down, exhausted inwards the wake of Brexit for a good deserved rest, his political party, the Great Britain Independence Party (UKIP) has had a difficult fourth dimension finding a suitable replacement.
The in conclusion leader -- some fatty bloke amongst a beard whose yell similar a shot escapes me -- did really poorly at the Great Britain full general election inwards June, hence it was no surprise that he hitting the trap door. Since together with hence the get has been underway to discovery the side yesteryear side leader, amongst most of the excitement beingness caused yesteryear lesbian anti-Islam campaigner Anne Marie Waters.
So, what almost the results? Well, it looks similar a lot of Ukippers weren't cook for the shrill anti-Islamism that Ms. Waters would receive got provided, every bit she finished inwards mo house to the winner, Henry Bolton. Full results:
Henry Bolton 3,874 votes (29.9%)
Anne Marie Waters 2,755 (21.3%)
David Kurten 2,201 (17.0%)
John Rees-Evans 2,021 (15.6%)
Peter Whittle 1,413 (10.9%)
Jane Collins 566 (4.4%)
Aidan Powlesland 85 (0.65%)
Turnout was 46%, which was surprisingly low. It is idea that a lot of those entitled to vote didn't bother every bit they receive got left the political party or no longer receive got an involvement inwards its affairs.
So, who is this novel leader, Henry Bolton?
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| Bolton: Looks similar somebody's garden gnome has gone missing. |
Outside of UKIP few know him. He is a 54 year-old, balding ex-army intelligence officeholder (nice of MI5 to allow us know what they are upward to), who ran a sedate together with sober get that appealed to the to a greater extent than cautious together with conservative elements of the party.
He may only live on a house holder until Farage gets his mojo back, every bit his principal focus seems to live on on changing the political party constitution to growth the ability of the leader at the expense of the party’s executive group. Apart from this, he is unlikely to milkshake things upward or plow the party's downward fortunes around.
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| Waters |
In the persuasion of , Anne Marie Waters, despite her flaws together with disturbing appearance, would receive got been the best leader to revive the close moribund party. Right similar a shot it is inwards the doldrums, without a clear political purpose, every bit the different positions on Brexit -- from difficult to soft -- are all represented inside the ruling Conservative Party.
UKIP desperately needs approximately other string to its bow. Taking a potent opinion on Islamic radicalism together with the Islamification of the Great Britain could receive got provided that. Instead Ukippers receive got elected a deadening institution type who is going to specialise inwards political party naval gazing.
There is every likelihood that those who voted for Waters volition similar a shot consider splitting from the party, either joining approximately other political party or forming a novel party. Paul Weston of Liberty GB, a modest anti-Islamic political party together with an ally of Waters expressed disgust at the result, tweeting that “UKIP needed a revolutionary leader, instead it got Mr Establishment Henry Bolton OBE who volition produce nix whatsoever almost Islam.”
Another ally, EDL founder Tommy Robinson commented, "UKIP are similar a shot irrelevant when it comes to the biggest threat our solid reason faces. We involve a political vocalism to oppose Islam similar Wilders & Le Pen."
This trial does nix to halt the downward trajectory of UKIP, together with inwards fact speeds it up. It seems British nationalism may live on almost to encounter a novel phase. It sure has a lot of catching upward to produce amongst the major European countries, similar inwards Deutschland where nationalism made a major breakthrough in conclusion week.
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In other news, UKIP also finally decided to ditch their one-time logo. Since the political party was founded inwards 1993, they receive got used a logo based on the British pound mark.
Now they receive got switched to a king of beasts logo that many commentators state is likewise reminiscent of the logo of the soccer Premier League.
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| The one-time logo together with the new. |
If nationalism was exclusively one-half every bit pop together with lucrative every bit Britain's national sport, together with hence Britain's troubles would live on over.