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[Rick Halperin]

Nov. 28




UNITED KINGDOM:

Paul Nuttall elected leader of UKIP leader in landslide victory----The MEP for 
North West England and former deputy party leader saw off the competition to 
win 62.6 % of the vote


Paul Nuttall has been elected as the new leader of UKIP, taking over from 
interim leader Nigel Farage after a period of turbulence for the party.

The MEP for North West England and former deputy leader comfortably saw off the 
competition to win 62.6 % of the more than 15,000 members who voted.

2nd placed was former co-chair Suzanne Evans, who got 2,973 votes (19.3 %), 
with Welsh activist John Rees-Evans in 3rd place with 2,775 votes (18.1 %).

In his victory speech Nuttall said: "Only unity breeds success. People do not 
vote, join or donate to divided parties.

"So those within the party who want to come together and unite I say 'we have a 
great and successful future'.

"To those who do not want to unify and want to continue fighting the battles of 
the past, then I'm afraid your time in UKIP is coming to an end."

The contest was triggered after Diane James resigned as leader earlier this 
month, just 18 days into the job following her victory at the last race in 
September.

Nuttall was the clear favourite in the contest from the moment he declared his 
bid and positioned himself as the "unity" candidate hoping to smooth over 
fractious rows in the party.

He launched his campaign after MEP Steven Woolfe quit UKIP and dropped out of 
the race following an altercation with colleague Mike Hookem landed him in 
hospital.

The race also saw fellow MEP Bill Etheridge, London Assembly member Peter 
Whittle and Raheem Kassam, a former aide to Nigel Farage, put themselves 
forward only to withdraw later.

Nuttall now faces a fight to keep UKIP relevant in the aftermath of the EU 
referendum and amid dire financial circumstances after the party received less 
in donations than the BNP in the last reported period.

The central tenet of his plan is to win further votes from former Labour 
supporters after UKIP made major inroads in Labour heartlands at the last 
election.

Elsewhere, Mr Nuttall has said he would back the return of the death penalty 
for child killers if it were put to the country in a referendum.

"I would vote in favour of the return of the death penalty for people who kill 
children, people like Ian Brady, people like Ian Huntley, which is what the 
majority of British people want," he said earlier this month.

(source: holyrood.com)