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Nigel Farage is to stay on as leader of UKIP after his resignation was rejected unanimously by the party.
UKIP chairman Steve Crowther said in a statement: "As promised Nigel Farage tendered his official resignation as leader of UKIP to the NEC. This offer was unanimously rejected by the NEC members who produced overwhelming evidence that the UKIP membership did not want Nigel to go.
"He has therefore been persuaded by the NEC to withdraw his resignation and remains leader of UKIP," the chairman added.
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What a farce, just confirms what everyone knew already that they are a one man party and nothing more, and so much for all his professions of sincerity when he said he would resign. I don't think a lot of Ukip members even will be happy about this and particularly not Douglas Carswell who was arguing today that they were more than a one man band.
Edit - beaten to it by Paul, have merged the threads