Ukip donor Arron Banks says he has quit party to set up 'Ukip 2.0'

Man who bankrolled Leave.EU campaign claims his membership was suspended after his outspoken attacks on party

Arron Banks, the Ukip donor who bankrolled the multimillion-pound Leave.EU Brexit campaign, has said he has quit Ukip and will now set up a new political force.

The insurance millionaire said on Tuesday that he was planning to “concentrate on our new movement” after he claimed Ukip had suspended his membership.

Asked by the Guardian if it meant his increasingly strained relationship with Ukip was now over, he quoted the pop star Taylor Swift: “We are never ever getting back together … like ever.”

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ronmcd wrote:UKIP don't have any MP's. Carswell has resigned from UKIP and is going to be an independent MP.

LOL LOL

OlivierK wrote:It's got to be someone taking the piss, surely, even if they've gone to the trouble of joining UKIP and standing for real as part of their street theatre installation.

ronmcd wrote:If the tories are having such trouble finding local election candidates who aren't going to be ejected within weeks, imagine the trouble UKIP are having.

Although, of course, unlike the Tories UKIP won't bother suspending them. I mean, this guy is their only elected politician in Scotland: