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Henry Bolton Could Survive As Ukip Leader Because Party Can’t Afford Contest To Replace Him<\/b>
\nHenry Bolton could survive being ousted as Ukip leader because the party cannot afford to hold a contest to replace him.<\/p>\n

HuffPost UK has learned Ukip\u2019s finances are in such a state that it would struggle to stump up the cash for what would be its fourth leadership contest in 15 months.<\/p>\n

A well-placed source said a fresh leadership election to replace the under-fire Bolton could cost between \u00a330,000 and \u00a360,000, and it might need to axe staff in order to finance the contest.<\/p>\n

According to the Electoral Commission, Ukip received just \u00a325,140 in cash donations in the final three months of 2017 and membership rates have falling for months.<\/p>\n

Bolton is set for a showdown meeting with Ukip\u2019s NEC this Sunday, with many in the party wanting the former soldier to be axed following revelations about his private life.<\/p>\n

Ukip chairman Paul Oakden denied financial considerations would prevent a contest, adding that such an election would be funded by leadership candidates.<\/p>\n

\u201cBluntly speaking, and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s any great secret, that\u2019s what deposits are for,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But a Ukip source told HuffPost UK the coffers are sparse, and spending money on sending ballots and election literature to almost 25,000 members was an expense the party could ill afford.<\/p>\n

Bolton flagged up the party\u2019s perilous financial state in a newsletter to members in November, telling them: \u201cOn taking office I looked in the money bucket and found it entirely empty. In fact it was worse than empty; it had a big hole in the bottom. There is no money \u2013 in fact for a year we have been running on an entirely unsustainable monthly deficit.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Ukip leader also revealed that \u201cfor the past 9 months, with one exception, we have lost between 800 and 1,000 members every month\u201d<\/p>\n

In the party\u2019s most recent leadership election, candidates were required to put down a deposit of \u00a35,000 \u2013 which would be returned only if a contender received 20% of the vote.<\/p>\n

Only two of the six candidates breached that threshold.<\/p>\n

If the same rules are used for a new contest, a small field featuring just two or three candidates could see them all getting their deposits back, leaving the party to foot the entire bill.<\/p>\n

Bolton, 54, left his second wife for Ukip activist Jo Marney over Christmas, but after text messages were released showing the model making racist and derogatory comments while discussing Meghan Markle, Bolton said the \u201cromantic\u201d part of the relationship was over.<\/p>\n

Yet HuffPost UK witnessed the pair enjoying an intimate dinner at a private members\u2019 club in Central London just days after Bolton claimed the romance was over.<\/p>\n

Bolton told HuffPost UK after the meal he would fight on as leader despite the calls<\/a> for him to quit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve made that very clear, I\u2019m not resigning,\u201d he said.
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