Crisis-hit party chooses figure who said Islam is ‘death cult’ as current leaderMembers of Ukip voted yesterday to sack Henry Bolton,who had been elected only last September as the crisis-hit party’s fourth leader in 18 months. Bolton had been clinging on to the leadership despite a revolt by senior figures after the press reported his relationship with Jo Marney, a model who sent offensive messages approximately Meghan Markle, or the fiancee of Prince Harry.
Bolton was ousted on Saturday at an emergency meeting where an overwhelming majority of party members endorsed a motion of no confidence in his leadership passed by the party’s ruling national executive committee (NEC). Activists at the meeting in Birmingham voted by 867 to 500 in favour of a no-confidence motion on his ability to lead Ukip.
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Source: guardian.co.uk