“Now, more than ever, the country needs Ukip to step up, or for a new movement to step forward,” Banks said. Related: To deliver Brexit, Ukip must rise again | Arron BanksThe rules also bar high-profile Ukip politicians including the party’s only MP, Douglas Carswell, and its former MP, Mark Reckless. Ukip’s most high-profile donor, Arron Banks, has given further hints that he may start a new political party, inspired by Italy’s populist Five Star Movement, which recently won several significant electoral victories. Related: Arron Banks: the millionaire hoping to bankroll UK into BrexitBanks, the co-founder of Leave.EU, said that group’s enormous social media effort had meant it could bypass traditional media. Related: Leave donor plans new party to replace Ukip – possibly without Farage in chargeHe added: “Working-class voters backed Brexit in a big way.

Source: The Guardian July 23, 2016 06:00 UTC