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| Suzanne Evans and Paul Nuttall run for UKIP leadership | Suzanne Evans and Paul Nuttall run for UKIP leadership |
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| Suzanne Evans and Paul Nuttall have announced they are to run for the leadership of UKIP, with both promising to unite the troubled party. | Suzanne Evans and Paul Nuttall have announced they are to run for the leadership of UKIP, with both promising to unite the troubled party. |
| Ms Evans said she would make the party less "toxic" and aim to occupy the "common sense centre" ground. | Ms Evans said she would make the party less "toxic" and aim to occupy the "common sense centre" ground. |
| Mr Nuttall, like Ms Evans an ex-party chairman, said he was the man to "bring the factions together". | Mr Nuttall, like Ms Evans an ex-party chairman, said he was the man to "bring the factions together". |
| However, interim leader Nigel Farage, speaking about Ms Evans, said: "I won't be voting for her." | However, interim leader Nigel Farage, speaking about Ms Evans, said: "I won't be voting for her." |
| The party has been in turmoil since the referendum in June, when the UK voted to leave the EU. | The party has been in turmoil since the referendum in June, when the UK voted to leave the EU. |
| Mr Farage stood down as leader at the start of July saying he had achieved his political ambition. His successor Diane James resigned earlier this month after only 18 days in the job - leading to Mr Farage's return as interim leader. | Mr Farage stood down as leader at the start of July saying he had achieved his political ambition. His successor Diane James resigned earlier this month after only 18 days in the job - leading to Mr Farage's return as interim leader. |
| Last week, Steven Woolfe, who had been one of the front-runners to replace Ms James, quit the party a few days after being involved in an altercation with fellow MEP Mike Hookem. | Last week, Steven Woolfe, who had been one of the front-runners to replace Ms James, quit the party a few days after being involved in an altercation with fellow MEP Mike Hookem. |
| Ms Evans told the BBC's Andrew Marr show that she hoped to "pour oil on troubled water" after there had been "a bit too much testosterone" in UKIP. | Ms Evans told the BBC's Andrew Marr show that she hoped to "pour oil on troubled water" after there had been "a bit too much testosterone" in UKIP. |
| She said focusing on the centre ground meant "not the wishy washy Lib Dem centre" but a party capable of taking votes from both left and right. | She said focusing on the centre ground meant "not the wishy washy Lib Dem centre" but a party capable of taking votes from both left and right. |
| She also accused leadership rival Raheem Kassam of seeking to take the party too far to the right and added: "Our 2015 general election manifesto took the best of politics from the left and from the right". | She also accused leadership rival Raheem Kassam of seeking to take the party too far to the right and added: "Our 2015 general election manifesto took the best of politics from the left and from the right". |
| 'Radical party' | 'Radical party' |
| However, Mr Farage, speaking on ITV's Peston on Sunday, said she would not be receiving his vote, adding: "I don't doubt she has ability, it's just a question of political direction and to kick off her campaign decrying one of the declared candidates is not what we needed." | However, Mr Farage, speaking on ITV's Peston on Sunday, said she would not be receiving his vote, adding: "I don't doubt she has ability, it's just a question of political direction and to kick off her campaign decrying one of the declared candidates is not what we needed." |
| He also dismissed Ms Evans' views that the party should be in the centre ground, saying: "UKIP is a radical political party that pushes for change and needs to go on being a radical political party." | He also dismissed Ms Evans' views that the party should be in the centre ground, saying: "UKIP is a radical political party that pushes for change and needs to go on being a radical political party." |
| Mr Kassam responded to Ms Evans' accusation on Twitter, saying: "It is sad that 60 seconds after she launched her campaign on the BBC, Suzanne Evans attacked me and my thousands of supporters as 'far right'. | Mr Kassam responded to Ms Evans' accusation on Twitter, saying: "It is sad that 60 seconds after she launched her campaign on the BBC, Suzanne Evans attacked me and my thousands of supporters as 'far right'. |
| Speaking to Dermot Murnaghan on Sky News, Mr Kassam also said he wanted to unite the party and added: "I think now, especially after that incident with Steven Woolfe in the European Parliament, we have to say this has gone too far. | Speaking to Dermot Murnaghan on Sky News, Mr Kassam also said he wanted to unite the party and added: "I think now, especially after that incident with Steven Woolfe in the European Parliament, we have to say this has gone too far. |
| "We are all in the same party and if we wish to remain in the same party let's sit down around a table together." | "We are all in the same party and if we wish to remain in the same party let's sit down around a table together." |
| Ms Evans was unable to run for leadership earlier in the year after she failed to overturn a six-month suspension from the party. | Ms Evans was unable to run for leadership earlier in the year after she failed to overturn a six-month suspension from the party. |
| The ban arose after an internal disciplinary meeting found she publicly criticised a fellow candidate and held herself out as a party spokeswoman without authority. | The ban arose after an internal disciplinary meeting found she publicly criticised a fellow candidate and held herself out as a party spokeswoman without authority. |
| Nominations in the current leadership election close on 31 October, with the eventual winner announced on 28 November. | Nominations in the current leadership election close on 31 October, with the eventual winner announced on 28 November. |
| Mr Nuttall said that he had decided to stand for the leadership after the troubles of the past few months, telling Andrew Neil on the BBC's Sunday Politics: "UKIP needs to come together. At the moment it is looking over the edge of a political cliff and it will either step off or step back. I want to be the candidate who will tell us to come backwards." | Mr Nuttall said that he had decided to stand for the leadership after the troubles of the past few months, telling Andrew Neil on the BBC's Sunday Politics: "UKIP needs to come together. At the moment it is looking over the edge of a political cliff and it will either step off or step back. I want to be the candidate who will tell us to come backwards." |
| Explaining why, when he didn't stand for the leadership earlier in the year, Mr Nuttall said: "I felt that with Brexit that my job and Nigel's job was done and we could hand over to the next generation. | Explaining why, when he didn't stand for the leadership earlier in the year, Mr Nuttall said: "I felt that with Brexit that my job and Nigel's job was done and we could hand over to the next generation. |
| "But that doesn't appear to have been the case and maybe it's time for someone who's an older hand in many ways." | "But that doesn't appear to have been the case and maybe it's time for someone who's an older hand in many ways." |
| He added: "We need a strong UKIP there in the background to ensure that Brexit means Brexit and I believe that UKIP can become the patriotic face of working people." | He added: "We need a strong UKIP there in the background to ensure that Brexit means Brexit and I believe that UKIP can become the patriotic face of working people." |
| Confirmed UKIP leadership contenders |