Alternatively, Nuttall could again stand in his home town of Bootle, where he came second at the last general election but has little chance of overcoming Labour’s 28,000 majority. The Ukip leader told the LBC radio station he would announce which constituency he was contesting within the next 48 hours. Ukip under fire for choosing candidate who called Islam evil Read moreNuttall’s decision to stand saves the party from having barely any senior figures contesting the general election. “If Paul Nuttall was to stand in Hartlepool and lose what is the party’s number one or number two target, that on its own would finish Ukip,” Turner said. Phillip Broughton, the former professional wrestler who fought the 2015 election campaign for Ukip in Hartlepool, was nominated as a candidate after a hustings this week.

Source: The Guardian April 27, 2017 17:34 UTC