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Denzil_DC

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3. "62.6% of support among party members"

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 08:58 AM

Nov 2016

Peak UKIP membership, as of December 2015: 34,250

UKIP membership, November 2016: 17,320

Leadership election results:

Paul Nuttall 9,622

Suzanne Evans 2,973

John Rees-Evans 2,775

Nice mandate you got there, you bad Bootle meff.

Even more of a rump than they ever were.

The extreme right-wing views of new Ukip leader Paul Nuttall

* Favours NHS privatisation

* Wants abortion limited to first 12 weeks

* Wants Burqa banned in public buildings

* Opposes banning discrimination against gay people

* Defends sexist comments

* Climate change denier who spreads conspiracy theories

http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2016/11/28/the-extreme-right-wing-views-of-new-ukip-leader-paul-nuttall

And that's just the tip of it. Is there a lab somewhere where they cobble these arseholes together?

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Paul Nuttall elected as UKIP leader [View all] Bad Dog Nov 2016 OP

he has the name to lead a party like UKIP rurallib Nov 2016 #1

'Put the great back in Britain' - ugh! LeftishBrit Nov 2016 #2

"62.6% of support among party members" Denzil_DC Nov 2016 #3

That's not enough votes to win a Westminster seat. Bad Dog Nov 2016 #4

Well, party membership doesn't equal votes, unfortunately. Denzil_DC Nov 2016 #5

They also lose a lot of MEPs. Some defect, others end up in court. Bad Dog Nov 2016 #6

I cannot fathom why they don't make Carswell their leader T_i_B Nov 2016 #7

Because Carswell, hard-right as he may seem to us... LeftishBrit Nov 2016 #8

"Libertarian" doesn't really mean anything these days T_i_B Dec 2016 #9