PhotoLONDON — The short and happy life of the United Kingdom Independence Party, or UKIP, may be coming to a close after its only member of Parliament, Douglas Carswell, quit the party on Saturday to become an independent. Mr. Farage quit as leader; his eventual replacement, Paul Nuttall, recently lost a by-election; and Mr. Banks spoke of founding a replacement party or movement. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyOn Saturday, Mr. Farage said on Twitter: “Carswell has jumped before he was pushed. “I will simply be the member of Parliament for Clacton, sitting as an independent.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMr. Banks called on Mr. Carswell to stand down and face him in an election. But that is unlikely, and Mr. Carswell, having quit the Conservatives to join UKIP and then quit the UKIP, will carry on alone.

Source: New York Times March 25, 2017 15:43 UTC