[Northern Monkey]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/election-2015-32686527

[MTVN]

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.

From the BBC politics feed

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

[bitontheslide]

I always thought Nigel would be re elected anyway, so it just cuts out the farce and expense of an election. UKIP only seems to have one socially acceptable spokesman in the form of Nigel, but it doesnt really matter. Come the next election, UKIP will be a dead party as their purpose for being will have evaporated.

[Denver]

Best news ever ill look forward to them getting in office in 2020 i Farage we trust

[Kizzy]

it's true, he is the one man band of UKIP.

[Cherie]

Well I guess this was the plan all along, rejected his resignation if he really wanted to resign he would, a man of his word

[arista]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

it's true, he is the one man band of UKIP.

He is Special.
Get over it

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by arista

He is Special.
Get over it

I am over it.

[Ross.]

I expected him to still be the UKIP leader after an election anyway.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I am over it.

spiffing

[Pete.]

Mess, but without him there is no UKIP

[Toy Soldier]

LOL, how "convenient". I bet this wasn't discussed as being the likely plan before he announced he would step down. Definitely wouldn't have been discussed even a little. And I bet he really did take "a lot of convincing" not to step down.

I'm starting to really despair. What an absolute circus.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

LOL, how "convenient". I bet this wasn't discussed as being the likely plan before he announced he would step down. Definitely wouldn't have been discussed even a little. And I bet he really did take "a lot of convincing" not to step down.

I'm starting to really despair. What an absolute circus.

No he would debate it
you are Wrong


Its Not a Circus
its Front Page News
he built UKIP to the place they are
I respect that


I am Conservative
and I backed my Leader
and we won

[Livia]

Everyone was happy to accept Miliband's resignation, I notice.

[the truth]

Originally Posted by Livia

Everyone was happy to accept Miliband's resignation, I notice.

lol ...mr faraaage is a legendary campaigner, milibland couldn't sell fruit and veg to his kids for nothinga....its like comparing marlon brando with marlon blando

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by the truth

lol ...mr faraaage is a legendary campaigner, milibland couldn't sell fruit and veg to his kids for nothinga....its like comparing marlon brando with marlon blando

legendary campaigner, I think it a disgrace that UKIP got 3,800,000+ votes and only 1 seat.
However this legendary campaigner couldn't have his party hold the 2 seats they had, and fell a fair way short,over 3,000 votes, of winning the seat he contested,which was considered his really best chance.

Doesn't sound much like a legendary campaigner to me.

His decision to stay on now, is his worst decision yet too as now he looks more of a laughing stock.

At least Clegg and Miliband went right off with no twisting and turning.
That is going with dignity,not hanging on for grim death.
I am,resigning,Farage said, I have done too much politics over the years.
Then,Oh no, the party want me to stay, I am staying now.

What a clown and what a farce.
Five years on from now, he will be an even bigger irrelevance in my view and this decision will come back to haunt him, if he is in fact still leader then too.

[MTVN]

"The consequences of me failing to secure a seat for myself in the Commons would be significant for both myself and the party. It is frankly just not credible for me to continue to lead the party without a Westminster seat...was I supposed to brief UKIP policy from the Westminster Arms? No - if I fail to win South Thanet, it is curtains for me. I will have to step down"

Farage's autobiography

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by MTVN

"The consequences of me failing to secure a seat for myself in the Commons would be significant for both myself and the party. It is frankly just not credible for me to continue to lead the party without a Westminster seat...was I supposed to brief UKIP policy from the Westminster Arms? No - if I fail to win South Thanet, it is curtains for me. I will have to step down"

Farage's autobiography

Faster Nige! FASTER!!

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by MTVN

"The consequences of me failing to secure a seat for myself in the Commons would be significant for both myself and the party. It is frankly just not credible for me to continue to lead the party without a Westminster seat...was I supposed to brief UKIP policy from the Westminster Arms? No - if I fail to win South Thanet, it is curtains for me. I will have to step down"

Farage's autobiography

And he stuck to his guns but the people say NO NIGEL WE LOVE YOU AND WE WANT YOU BACK

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

And he stuck to his guns but the people say NO NIGEL WE LOVE YOU AND WE WANT YOU BACK

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

"No Nigel you have to stay! None of our other party members have an IQ of over 73, if any of them tries to be our spokesperson, they'll forget to pretend that they're not racist!"



Nearly there! Poor Nigel, his little legs must be aching.

[joeysteele]

What a farce.

However, this was the election he had to break through in really, with a Labour party not doing anything like it should have, the Lib Dems totally crushed.

UKIP should have easily hit around 17/18% of the votes.

Next time the EU issue will be likely settled,there will be little need for UKIP at all in 2020.
Nothing to make them stand out at all by then.

In this situation with the Conservatives attaining 36% of the votes,Labour around 32%,if he couldn't capitalise on that, then with 2 new leaders in place and a new one for the Lib Dems too.
He and his party are probably going to look the outdated one by 2020.

[arista]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

What a farce.

However, this was the election he had to break through in really, with a Labour party not doing anything like it should have, the Lib Dems totally crushed.

UKIP should have easily hit around 17/18% of the votes.

Next time the EU issue will be likely settled,there will be little need for UKIP at all in 2020.
Nothing to make them stand out at all by then.

In this situation with the Conservatives attaining 36% of the votes,Labour around 32%,if he couldn't capitalise on that, then with 2 new leaders in place and a new one for the Lib Dems too.
He and his party are probably going to look the outdated one by 2020.

No we have to wait and see on that

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by arista

No we have to wait and see on that

It does say likely settled arista,not certainly.

There will, if a referendum is held, be no appetite top hold another for a very long time indeed.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Great news. Nigel has been a breath of fresh fag smoke to counter career political drones like clegg and miliband. Mind you the lady deputy Suzanne Evans is also very good.

And yes livia if only the libdems or labour had someone so skilled

All they can do is scrabble around stabbing each other in the back

if its a farce you are after just watch the labour fight for power. Lol

[Nedusa]

Really pleased to hear this, hopefully Mr Farage will stay on and lead the Party from the front where he belongs.

As UKIP were second in 118 seats it is possible that a bye-election might give a another chance to become an MP, or maybe the Govt will be defeated in the coming Months and the General Election may be run again.

Either way Mr Farage is too good a Politician to just walk away at the moment.