Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happenDowning Street lobby briefing – Summary 1.58pm GMT Peter Whittle, a Ukip member of the London assembly, has resigned as the party’s London spokesman.That takes the Ukip resignation count today to seven. (See 12.49pm.)Today I am resigning as @Ukip Spokesman for London. The current situation cannot continue and I reconfirm my call from this weekend that @_HenryBolton resign as leader. 1.43pm GMT According to the BBC’s Alex Forsyth on the World at One, Henry Bolton has been telling journalists this morning that he does not intend to resign as Ukip leader. He believes the party membership should decide his fate at the extraordinary general meeting that will take place following the NEC’s vote of no confidence in him yesterday, she says. Continue reading…
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