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| New Ukip leader Henry Bolton reveals frontbench lineup | New Ukip leader Henry Bolton reveals frontbench lineup |
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| Jane Collins and Peter Whittle get roles but no place among 34 jobs for other defeated leadership candidates | Jane Collins and Peter Whittle get roles but no place among 34 jobs for other defeated leadership candidates |
| Peter Walker Political correspondent | Peter Walker Political correspondent |
| Wed 18 Oct 2017 17.31 BST | Wed 18 Oct 2017 17.31 BST |
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| Ukip’s new leader, Henry Bolton, has unveiled a front bench lineup which retains two of the candidates he defeated last month to take the job, as he seeks to unify a party riven by grievances and splits. | Ukip’s new leader, Henry Bolton, has unveiled a front bench lineup which retains two of the candidates he defeated last month to take the job, as he seeks to unify a party riven by grievances and splits. |
| Bolton has also named as one of his deputies Mike Hookem, the MEP involved in the scuffle last year with a colleague, Steven Woolfe, which saw the latter end up in hospital. | Bolton has also named as one of his deputies Mike Hookem, the MEP involved in the scuffle last year with a colleague, Steven Woolfe, which saw the latter end up in hospital. |
| However, there is no place among the 34 jobs announced for four of the other candidates who stood against Bolton, including David Kurten, who finished third. | However, there is no place among the 34 jobs announced for four of the other candidates who stood against Bolton, including David Kurten, who finished third. |
| The second-placed candidate, anti-Islam activist Anne-Marie Waters, is also not among Bolton’s team, but she has now left Ukip to form a new party, called For Britain. | The second-placed candidate, anti-Islam activist Anne-Marie Waters, is also not among Bolton’s team, but she has now left Ukip to form a new party, called For Britain. |
| Waters, who has close links to some far right activists, launched the party on Sunday, where she was pictured with Stephen Lennon, who as Tommy Robinson set up the extremist anti-Islam street group the EDL. | Waters, who has close links to some far right activists, launched the party on Sunday, where she was pictured with Stephen Lennon, who as Tommy Robinson set up the extremist anti-Islam street group the EDL. |
| Waters is not the only candidate to since leave Ukip. John Rees-Evans, who came fourth, announced earlier this month he was quitting to start his own party. | Waters is not the only candidate to since leave Ukip. John Rees-Evans, who came fourth, announced earlier this month he was quitting to start his own party. |
| Announcing his new team, Bolton – whose highest-profile intervention since becoming leader was to talk jokingly about throttling a badger – said the party had “a moral obligation to hold the government to account for taking us out of the European Union”. | Announcing his new team, Bolton – whose highest-profile intervention since becoming leader was to talk jokingly about throttling a badger – said the party had “a moral obligation to hold the government to account for taking us out of the European Union”. |
| “Together, my team and I will now commence the urgent work of projecting our party firmly and decisively into British politics with the purpose of securing our nation’s interests through Brexit and beyond,” he said. | “Together, my team and I will now commence the urgent work of projecting our party firmly and decisively into British politics with the purpose of securing our nation’s interests through Brexit and beyond,” he said. |
| Bolton faces a tough task reinvigorating a party which won almost 4m votes at the 2015 general election but under the leadership Paul Nuttall slumped to fewer than 600,000 in June. | Bolton faces a tough task reinvigorating a party which won almost 4m votes at the 2015 general election but under the leadership Paul Nuttall slumped to fewer than 600,000 in June. |
| His main deputy is Margot Parker, one of Ukip’s MEPs, while two other MEPs become so-called assistant deputies – Jim Carver and Hookem, who allegedly confronted Woolfe after the latter disclosed he was thinking about defecting from Ukip. Hookem also speaks on fisheries and on veterans issues. | His main deputy is Margot Parker, one of Ukip’s MEPs, while two other MEPs become so-called assistant deputies – Jim Carver and Hookem, who allegedly confronted Woolfe after the latter disclosed he was thinking about defecting from Ukip. Hookem also speaks on fisheries and on veterans issues. |
| One of Bolton’s fellow candidates, Jane Collins, is the spokeswoman for home affairs. Another, Peter Whittle, is demoted from deputy leader to spokesman for London affairs. | One of Bolton’s fellow candidates, Jane Collins, is the spokeswoman for home affairs. Another, Peter Whittle, is demoted from deputy leader to spokesman for London affairs. |
| While Waters is no longer in the party, another member with vehement anti-Islam views has remained on Bolton’s front bench. | While Waters is no longer in the party, another member with vehement anti-Islam views has remained on Bolton’s front bench. |
| Gerard Batten, another Ukip MEP, stays as spokesman on Brexit, despite arguing that non-Muslims should have a “perfectly rational fear” of the faith, which he described as a “death cult” steeped in violence. | Gerard Batten, another Ukip MEP, stays as spokesman on Brexit, despite arguing that non-Muslims should have a “perfectly rational fear” of the faith, which he described as a “death cult” steeped in violence. |
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