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| Nigel Farage wants UKIP’s only MP kicked out of party for ‘sabotaging his knighthood’ | Nigel Farage wants UKIP’s only MP kicked out of party for ‘sabotaging his knighthood’ |
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| Ex-UKIP leader Nigel Farage has called for the party’s only MP to be sacked over claims he is trying to divide the ‘kippers’ in every “imaginable” way. | Ex-UKIP leader Nigel Farage has called for the party’s only MP to be sacked over claims he is trying to divide the ‘kippers’ in every “imaginable” way. |
| Farage claims Douglas Carswell, MP for Clacton, has opposed the party’s policies and is “consumed with jealousy and a desire to hurt me.” | Farage claims Douglas Carswell, MP for Clacton, has opposed the party’s policies and is “consumed with jealousy and a desire to hurt me.” |
| “As a party, how can we let a man represent us in the House of Commons who actively and transparently seeks to damage us?” Farage wrote in the Telegraph. | “As a party, how can we let a man represent us in the House of Commons who actively and transparently seeks to damage us?” Farage wrote in the Telegraph. |
| “I think there is little future for UKIP with him staying inside this party. The time for him to go is now.” | “I think there is little future for UKIP with him staying inside this party. The time for him to go is now.” |
| Alongside Farage’s accusations, UKIP’s main millionaire donor Aaron Banks is planning to stand against Carswell in the next Clacton election, saying the current MP “does not care” about the party. | Alongside Farage’s accusations, UKIP’s main millionaire donor Aaron Banks is planning to stand against Carswell in the next Clacton election, saying the current MP “does not care” about the party. |
| The next general election is not due until 2020. | The next general election is not due until 2020. |
| “Mr Carswell is a career politician and doesn’t care about UKIP and he has got to get out,” Banks said. | “Mr Carswell is a career politician and doesn’t care about UKIP and he has got to get out,” Banks said. |
| “So my first job as chairman would be to purge the party of these sorts of people.” | “So my first job as chairman would be to purge the party of these sorts of people.” |
| Banks has also threatened to withdraw donations unless he is made UKIP’s chairman. | Banks has also threatened to withdraw donations unless he is made UKIP’s chairman. |
| “If Nuttall doesn’t professionalize it and toss out the likes of Douglas Carswell, Suzanne Evans and the rest of the Tory cabal then the party is finished anyway,” Banks said. | “If Nuttall doesn’t professionalize it and toss out the likes of Douglas Carswell, Suzanne Evans and the rest of the Tory cabal then the party is finished anyway,” Banks said. |
| Farage and Carswell have been feuding since allegations emerged suggesting the MP tried to sabotage the former’s knighthood. | Farage and Carswell have been feuding since allegations emerged suggesting the MP tried to sabotage the former’s knighthood. |
| In an email leaked to the paper back in December, Carswell apparently played down the chances of Farage becoming a peer, and mocked him by saying he should go for an Order of the British Empire (OBE) instead. | In an email leaked to the paper back in December, Carswell apparently played down the chances of Farage becoming a peer, and mocked him by saying he should go for an Order of the British Empire (OBE) instead. |
| “As promised, I did speak to the government chief whip. | “As promised, I did speak to the government chief whip. |
| “Perhaps we might try angling to get Nigel an OBE next time round? For services to headline writers? An MBE, maybe? Let’s discuss.” | “Perhaps we might try angling to get Nigel an OBE next time round? For services to headline writers? An MBE, maybe? Let’s discuss.” |
| Carswell told the Press Association he tried his “best to make sure he [Farage] got an honor that reflects his contribution.” | Carswell told the Press Association he tried his “best to make sure he [Farage] got an honor that reflects his contribution.” |
| Farage claims that Carswell has been distancing himself from the party leadership and policies ever since the general election in 2015. | Farage claims that Carswell has been distancing himself from the party leadership and policies ever since the general election in 2015. |
| “From that moment on, Carswell has sought to split and divide UKIP in every way imaginable,” he said. | “From that moment on, Carswell has sought to split and divide UKIP in every way imaginable,” he said. |
| “Since the general election he has brought nothing to the party at all other than constant division, at times I believe deliberately stirred up to cause maximum damage to the party.” | “Since the general election he has brought nothing to the party at all other than constant division, at times I believe deliberately stirred up to cause maximum damage to the party.” |
| Meanwhile, the former UKIP leader has called for the party to mirror US President Donald Trump’s stance on immigration. | Meanwhile, the former UKIP leader has called for the party to mirror US President Donald Trump’s stance on immigration. |
| “Should we have strong vetting, should we make sure that we're a place that illegal immigrants can’t come, should we have a proper, balanced, system where we take good people in from around the world? | “Should we have strong vetting, should we make sure that we're a place that illegal immigrants can’t come, should we have a proper, balanced, system where we take good people in from around the world? |
| “Absolutely, that’s exactly what we should be doing and I think maybe UKIP has slightly lost ownership of this argument,” Farage said. | “Absolutely, that’s exactly what we should be doing and I think maybe UKIP has slightly lost ownership of this argument,” Farage said. |
| Trump recently tried to impose a ban on immigrants entering the US from seven Muslim-majority countries before courts enforced an order against it. | |