Ukip faithful roused to back Nigel Farage
The Ukip head office are bombarding inboxes with messages of support for Nigel Farage, they are coming in thick and fast.
These have come through in the last half hour alone.
Richard Desmond – Owner of the Express Newspapers and founder of Northern Shell says “Nigel has my support 101%.”
Ko Barclay – UKIP Donor and Director, KOIAN Limited: “Votes for UKIP are up from 3% to 13% of the votes since the last election, UKIP are now the third force in politics – it’s important that this momentum is kept up.
Lord Pearson of Rannoch – Leader of UKIP in the Lords: “Nigel fought a brilliant election campaign and what an achievement it was to get nearly 4 million votes. Nigel has my full support as leader. “