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LONDON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Britain’s anti-EU party
UKIP will announce a new leader Monday to succeed Nigel Farage and seek to unite a party beset by infighting and division despite its Brexit victory.
Since his resignation following the EU referendum in June, Farage has
ridden the wave of his campaign’s success to the United States where he emerged as a keen ally of President-elect Donald Trump.
But his UK Independence Party has been reeling from internal crises,
including high-profile resignations and claims of misappropriated EU funds.
Three candidates are now competing for the leadership — former
deputy leader Paul Nuttall, former deputy chairman Suzanne Evans and party activist John Rees-Evans — with the winner to be announced on November 28 after a vote by party members.
Ballots for the contest close on Friday.
Nuttall, an MEP and firm favourite for the job, has pledged to “unite
the party” if elected, demanding an end to “infighting and squabbling”.
Evans, a former BBC radio reporter deemed his closest challenger,
says the party must broaden its appeal to include women and minorities, in order to win seats in parliament.