UKIP appoint disgraced former MP as new leader
Neil Hamilton is at least the seventh person to lead UKIP since Nigel Farage stood down from the role in 2016 following the EU referendum.
Neil Hamilton is at least the seventh person to lead UKIP since Nigel Farage stood down from the role in 2016 following the EU referendum.
It comes two years after a pub landlord set a new world record for the largest gathering of Nigels in one place – in a last ditch bid to stop the name dying out.
A man who voted Leave in 2016 EU has told LBC presenter James O’Brien that he has regretted his decision ever since.
"Farage one day Tim Martin the next - maybe there is such a thing as Karma?" wrote one Twitter user.
"Several French people have been given hernias from laughing at the videos of us queueing then fighting over petrol," one person said.
"Do not blame Brussels for our own country's mistakes and do not be angry at us for telling you the truth. Be angry at the chancers who sold you a lie," he said
“Brexit was meant to save us, but instead we’ve been left high and dry," one fisherman said.
One of the key demands protestors will make is a better deal with the EU, which would include a return to the single market and customs union and freedom of movement for workers.
“A sad loss for the channel’s zero viewers," comedian James Felton said.
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