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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32696505
Nigel Farage is to remain as UKIP leader after the party rejected his resignation.
Mr Farage had previously said he would stand down after failing to win a seat in last week's general election.
But the party said there was "overwhelmingly evidence" the UKIP membership did not want Mr Farage to go.
It said: "He has therefore been persuaded to withdraw his resignation and remains leader of UKIP."
UKIP won a 13% vote share in the election - some 3.8 million votes - and has one MP, Douglas Carswell, who held his Clacton seat.
It puts the party in third place behind the Conservatives and Labour in terms of share of the vote.
Mr Farage failed to gain the seat of Thanet South, losing out to Conservative candidate Craig Mackinlay.
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Analysis by BBC political correspondent Robin Brant
Who is more important to UKIP, Nigel Farage or Douglas Carswell?
The answer to that question came just before 16:00 BST when the party announced its ex-leader was now its leader again. Nigel Farage has been persuaded to stay on.
Technically he has managed to honour his pledge to stand down after he failed to get elected in Thanet South on Thursday.
Two things are now clear: UKIP can't countenance a post-Nigel world. He is the party's biggest asset and it thinks a big chunk of those four million votes last week were down to him.
But one senior figure has told the BBC Mr Farage's decision to stay is a "mistake" which will only undermine his reputation for straight talking.
I think it's a safe bet to say that UKIP's only MP, Douglas Carswell, will not be happy. He heaped praise on his leader this morning but he spoke about him very much in the past tense.
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Speaking about his defeat, he insisted he had "never felt happier", with a "weight lifted off his shoulders".
Party chairman Steve Crowther said the national executive committee believed the election campaign had been a "great success" and members had "unanimously" rejected Mr Farage's letter of resignation.
'Curtains for me'
Mr Farage had said repeatedly ahead of and during the general election campaign he had no intention of staying in the leader's job.
In his autobiography, The Purple Revolution, he wrote: "It is frankly just not credible for me to continue to lead the party without a Westminster seat.
He added: "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."
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In Nige we trust
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He's broken his word...can't be trusted from now on.
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He's in good company then..
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go on nige u good thing, this country needs u
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The Leopard unable to understand simple English and process.
Nigel said he would resign if not elected. He wasn't and resigned. The party refused to accept it and he has bowed to their wishes. Nigel Farage a man for all seasons. |
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What akabula said, but strategically if UKIP are to build on their success (and gaining third place in the popular vote, spreading out from their heartland of the south east and coming second in many constituencies can be deemed a success on UKIP's own terms), they need to move away from being seen as the cult of one dominant personality.
They also need to firmly state that if you hold racist views, they are not the party you should vote for. |
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how has he broken his word?
He resigned and the party felt he was still the best person for the job and persuaded him to stay on. Do you think if the labour party rallied around milliband and asked him to stay he would have said no? UKIP isn't full of backstabbers and career minded people unlike the other parties. |
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How can you say he has broken his word ?
He resigned, his party rejected it. |
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There are a few Labour morons on here who said they were going, but they're still here.
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Talking of breaking his word has Pandora paid up yet?
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Latest...
'I decided that as much as I wanted to spend the summer fishing, walking, and of course, in the European Parliament... I owed it to the party' |
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Marvelous
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The nige is dead,long live the nige.
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Nige told the Executive he was staying....totally lost all credibility and oblivion looms for his party (thank fook)
He was just a Tory Stooge and it worked |
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Does anyone know why they chose Thanet South for Farage to challenge? I know this is after the fact, but when push comes to shove the Tory voters of Sandwich were never going to elect Nigel.
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Party of complete muppets - it's only right they have someone like Nigel in charge.
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Hold on though. What's all this not accepting of his resignation? How does that work in practice?
"I quit" "No you don't" "Eh? I quit" "Nope" "Seriously. I don't want this job anymore. I'm going down the pub" "No you're not" "Wtf? Listen, I'm not coming in to work tomorrow!" "You are. We'll drag you in" "But...but...this is crazy! This is madness, I tell you!" "We're sorry, Nige. We're forcing you to stay on as leader." "No...but...eh?..." Isn't the following more likely? "Listen, lads. I'm going to pretend quit, then if you beg me to stay I'll get a surge of support and look really popular." "Good plan, Nigel." And it would have worked too, if it hadn't been for that pesky cat! |
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"It is frankly just not credible for me to continue to lead the party without a Westminster seat"
He promised he would not continue to lead the party without a westminster seat. He is continuing to lead the party without a westminster seat. A staged resignation does not change anything. |
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LBC 97.3 James O'Brien now on Nige.
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good to see him back but the rumour isnt true is it? That he wanted to remain as leader of UKIP, mainly because he didn't want to spend more time with his foreign wife?
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Breaking News ...
Kent Police confirm that they are looking into an allegation of electoral fraud in the Thanet South general election. |
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On the Metro site, the Kentish Police have already said nothing happened.
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Superb police work, a thorough investigation done in half a day.
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That's the tory party for you.
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Nigel Farage has been described by his own general election campaign director as a “snarling, thin-skinned, aggressive” man who is turning Ukip into a personality cult. hours after sole MP told Farage party should refuse £650,000 from public purse
any ukippers on here know whats going on? seems 1 mp party is pulling itself apart already? |