Ukip’s leader Henry Bolton is under mounting pressure to step down following the scandal over his model girlfriend’s racist text messages. Bolton – the party’s sixth leader in 16 months – lost a vote of no confidence yesterday. He has vowed to stick it out, insisting that he will not resign as party leader. But a raft of resignations makes it look as though the party could soon be having one of its tri-annual leadership contests, with eight resignations in the last 24 hours alone. Here is the full list of who has walked away so far:
Jonathan Bullock, energy spokesman
Peter Jewell, justice spokesman
Julia Reid, health spokeswoman
Margot Parker, the party’s deputy leader
Gerard Batten, Ukip’s Brexit spokesman
I have just resigned as Henry Bolton’s Brexit Spokesman, & asked him, again, to resign as Leader. I will continue to serve the UKIP members.
Mike Hookem, assistant deputy leader
John Bickley, immigration spokesman
William Dartmouth, trade and industry spokesman
Tim Aker, local government spokesman
David Kurten, education spokesman
Peter Whittle, London spokesman and former Ukip leadership candidate
David Meacock, culture spokesman
Adding to the wave of resignations I’ve resigned as UKIP’s Culture and Arts Spokesman. UKIP Shadow Cabinet is becoming a modern version of Haydn’s ‘Farewell’ Symphony: players walked off stage like green bottles falling off a wall, in protest at being kept away from their wives. https://t.co/GLsy4JwI5D
Ukip’s leader Henry Bolton is under mounting pressure to step down following the scandal over his model girlfriend’s racist text messages. Bolton – the party’s sixth leader in 16 months – lost a vote of no confidence yesterday. He has vowed to stick it out, insisting that he will not resign as party leader. But
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