Recovering from the earthquake news that Lord Pearson has quit as UKIP Leader, I found myself wondering if anybody could name any UKIP Leader other than Nigel Farage? Some bloggers are getting very excited today about a Farage comeback, others claiming huge names like David Campbell-Bannerman (against whom I once debated) will stand. Either way I can't see this contest setting the political (or real) world on fire. Let them get on with it in peace.
Oh, and for your interest the previous leaders were:
1993-1997 Alan Sked (who then quit the party claiming it was on the political fringe)
1997-1999 Michael Holmes (who was forced to quit after claims he was too pro-European - he went on to quit the party in 2000)
1999-2002 Jeffrey Titford (probably the only person to come out of this well)
2002-2006 Roger Knapman (who was found to be employing Polish immigrants and spent much of his leadership being undermined by Robert Kilroy-Silk)
2006-2009 Nigel Farage (who ended up challenging the Speaker and begin humiliated in the 2010 General Election but just survived death after being involved in a plane crash)
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It would be interesting to see if UKIP's contesting any seats in the local by-elections in Norwich.
Historically UKIP has in the past campaigned in Lakenham and University ward.
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