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UKIP’s new leader: Who is Henry Bolton? | |
(about 5 hours later) | |
Henry Bolton has been elected the new leader of UKIP amid claims the fractured party could implode in the coming months. | |
Former soldier Bolton saw off competition from anti-sharia law campaigner and Pegida UK co-founder Anne Marie Waters and MEP Jane Collins. | |
Bolton will take over from Paul Nuttall after his disastrous eight months at the helm. | |
Under the leadership of Nigel Farage, the right-wing party achieved the rarest of political feats in securing its entire aim with the fulfilment of the Brexit vote, after almost two decades of campaigning. | Under the leadership of Nigel Farage, the right-wing party achieved the rarest of political feats in securing its entire aim with the fulfilment of the Brexit vote, after almost two decades of campaigning. |
Yet within the space of a year, the party has faced collapse with the departure of Farage. | Yet within the space of a year, the party has faced collapse with the departure of Farage. |
Paul Nuttall succeeded Diane James, who lasted just eighteen days in the role. | |
Now, the party has named Bolton its latest chieftain at its annual party conference, following a bizarre leadership contest. | |
Bolton said he wanted to make Britons “proud” of being British and ensure the nation is “prosperous” in his victory speech. | |
"While Brexit is our core task, that greater goals, which is ongoing beyond the time that we leave the EU, that is our core purpose,” he said. | |
Bolton, from Folkestone is an unknown figure in the political world. | |
He served as a soldier and later joined the police, before standing for the role of Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent. | |
He then went on to work for the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). | |
The ex-police officer has been involved in international security in countries including Croatia, Kosovo and Macedonia. | |
The married father-of-three was awarded the OBE for services to international security in 2013. | |
With 11 hats in the ring initially, the debates were long and confusing. Now, with that number whittled down to seven, it is still unclear who will take the reins. | With 11 hats in the ring initially, the debates were long and confusing. Now, with that number whittled down to seven, it is still unclear who will take the reins. |
Insiders said if the Pegida UK co-founder and anti-sharia-law campaigner Anne Marie Waters was selected, the extreme views of her followers could push the party over the cliff edge. | |
Voters threatened to quit the party over Waters’ extreme anti-Islam rhetoric. | |
UKIP has already lost a significant number of voters, dropping from 4 million in the 2015 general election to fewer than 600,000 in June this year. | UKIP has already lost a significant number of voters, dropping from 4 million in the 2015 general election to fewer than 600,000 in June this year. |
The final candidates hoping to turn the party’s fortunes around, and ensure Brexit goes ahead, were MEP Jane Collins, Nuttall’s former deputy Peter Whittle, London Assembly Member David Kurten, ex-soldier Henry Bolton, John Rees-Evans and Aidan Powlesland – who (genuinely) wants to mine the asteroid belt for minerals. | |
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