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Henry Bolton Is Not Resigning As Ukip Leader And Says It’s Time To ‘Drain The Swamp’<\/b>
\nHenry Bolton has vowed to fight on as Ukip leader despite a vote of no confidence from his party\u2019s ruling committee and wave of frontbench resignations.<\/p>\n

The former soldier revealed this afternoon he would stay on in the top job and vowed to \u201cdrain the swamp\u201d in the party.<\/p>\n

Bolton was facing pressure to quit following revelations his now ex-girlfriend<\/a> made racist comments about Prince Harry\u2019s fiancee Meghan Markle.<\/p>\n

Yet despite frontbench figures resigning their posts in protest at his leadership – including deputy leader Margot Parker – Bolton today announced he would not be going.<\/p>\n

In a statement this afternoon, Bolton said:\u00a0\u201cI respect the next steps in the constitutional process and will therefore not be resigning as Party leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cI repeat: I shall not be resigning as Party leader.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then attacked Ukip\u2019s National Executive Committee, and said he had urged them not to push through with a vote of no confidence as it would led to a \u201cfinancial and political cost\u201d to the party.<\/p>\n

He claimed the NEC is \u201cis unfit for purpose\u201d and has \u201cseverely handicapped the Party\u2019s progress and political delivery for some years, as all recent UKIP leaders will attest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bolton went on: \u201cIt has not only lost the confidence of me as the Party leader in its ability to act objectively as the Party\u2019s governing body, it has also lost the confidence of a large proportion of the membership.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NEC requires significant and urgent reform. To that end, again during the coming weeks, I shall be proposing a new Party constitution, with a newly constituted and reformed NEC. Likewise, it is now time to put an end to the factional in-fighting within the Party and to remove those who have been a part of that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a single Phrase, it is time to \u2018Drain the Swamp\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bolton then claimed that despite his beleaguered leadership, he would try to bring together the various Brexit-backing campaigns to try to put pressure on Theresa May\u2019s Government during its negotiations with the EU.<\/p>\n

He said:\u00a0\u2019During the next four weeks I shall be calling for the coordination and mobilisation of all Leave campaigns, to ensure that the government delivers full independence from the European Union in all areas of government and administration and I shall be calling for the Party itself to mobilise to support this agenda.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the most pressing matter facing our country and I am determined not to allow the NEC to distract the Party away from participating forcefully in the Independence debate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bolton was given a vote of no-confidence by the NEC during a two and a half hour meeting on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The under-fire leader was offered the chance resign with dignity, but decided to fight on – a decision he repeated today.<\/p>\n

Since yesterday\u2019s developments, more of Ukip\u2019s frontbench have resigned in protest at Bolton\u2019s leadership, including deputy leader Margot Parker and Education spokesman David Kurten.<\/p>\n

Speaking to HuffPost UK, a senior source with intimate knowledge of Sunday\u2019s NEC meeting said: \u201cThe man<\/a>\u2019s a cock<\/a>-led conceited ass<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

They added:\u00a0\u201cWe may well have to expel him from the party after the EGM.\u201d
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\nwww.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/henry-bolton-ukip-not-resigns_uk_5a660aace4b002283004fee1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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