Apparently he had been causing "disunity by deliberately fabricating a state of crisis" in the party. Sounds tense.
Obviously the news was met with huge sadness and disbelief.
Although sarcasm detecters wet into overdrive.
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Nick Griffin's most embarrassing moments
Getting hammered by pretty much everyone on Question Time(01 of10)
Open Image ModalInsisting it was he that stopped war in Syria (the war that's still going on)(02 of10)
Open Image ModalThe time he admitting eating roadkill(03 of10)
Open Image ModalAnd encouraged party members to sell scrap metal to fund their activities(04 of10)
Open Image ModalIn the same speech, he said: "People have been experimenting with scrap, it's great fun, something I've done in the past. Collecting broken fridges etc. Any idea of the price of copper? It's phenomenal. Bring copper along to the branch meeting, put them together and you can get a £1 per pound. That's good money. We should be doing that. We're doing experiments with an eBay account, we used to have jumble sales, but every branch should have an eBay officer, bring something I can sell on eBay to the branch meetings. The eBay officer should be the most important person in the branch, that's hundreds of pounds a year." (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
Getting 'uninvited' by the Queen(05 of10)
Open Image ModalStarting a cookery show(06 of10)
Open Image ModalStarting a 'whites-only' foodbank(07 of10)
Open Image ModalTweeting the address of a gay couple who won a legal fight(08 of10)
Open Image ModalGoing bankrupt(09 of10)
Open Image ModalSpectacularly losing almost every seat in the 2014 elections(10 of10)
Open Image ModalGriffin lost his seat in the European parliament and retained only one council seat in the whole country. (credit:Christopher Furlong via Getty Images)
Some suggested divine intervention.
Nick had harsh words for the mainstream press.
Maybe it was his upbringing...
The reaction could be heard across the country.
Obviously Griffin's professional capabilities were called into question.
But some people did see fit to offer advice on a next career move.
Of course he could always go into showbiz.
Kate sought to put our minds at rest.
While Jon wrote a lovely poem.
And this cartoon is worth a special mention.