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6 Times Ukip Showed It's Had A Very Chaotic Start To 2015

6 Times Ukip Showed It's Had A Very Chaotic Start To 2015
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ROCHESTER, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 13: United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) party leader Nigel Farage addresses a public meeting at the Town Hall on November 13, 2014 in Rochester, England. Mr Farage encouraged the local people to vote for UKIP's candidate Mark Reckless in the by-election which will be held on November 20. (Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images)
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With Ukip facing ever more scrutiny in the run up to the 2015 general election, Nigel Farage has been battling to show off his party in the best possible light.

Awkwardly for the Ukip leader, some of his party members have - just four months away from the election - got sucked into rows, infighting and bickering.

Here are just 6 moments Ukip showed it has had a chaotic January.

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6 times that show Ukip's had a chaotic start to 2015
Panic in Portsmouth..(01 of06)
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The local parliamentary candidate, chairman and councillor quit the party after after Paul Lovegrove, who has convictions for wounding with intent, drug possession and actual bodily harm, was installed as party organiser.
In response, Nigel Farage insisted he is "totally reformed and we are standing by him 100%". (credit:ADRIAN DENNIS via Getty Images)
Suspensions in Southend...(02 of06)
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Four Ukip councillors have been suspended after disowning local parliamentary candidate Floyd Waterworth in a selection row. Prior to taking action, group council leader James Moyies also leaked internal selection documents and lodged an internal complaint against Waterworth. Party chairman Steve Crowther has insisted that Waterworth is still backed as Ukip's candidate in Southend. (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
Hostility in Herefordshire...(03 of06)
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The local Ukip branch voted to dissolve itself following an outbreak of infighting concerning the selection of Nigel Ely as UKIP’s parliamentary candidate. Ukip MEP James Carver said this had been prompted by "negative influences from within’".
Fighting in Folkestone...(04 of06)
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Turmoil engulfed UKIP in Kent after a UKIP county councillor refused to back the parliamentary candidate for the Folkestone and Hythe seat, Janice Atkinson.Atkinson appeared to confirm the rift, saying: "This is a straightforward fight between UKIP and the Conservatives and infighting doesn’t help."
Chaos in Croydon...(05 of06)
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Ukip suspended Winston McKenzie, famous for calling Croydon a "dump", as their chairman of its Lambeth and Croydon branch after he received a letter of no confidence.The entire committee were also suspended and the branch was disbanded, after months of bickering over a claim that McKenzie and secretary Marianne Bowness misappropriated a £1,000 donation. McKenzie, who remained Ukip's parliamentary candidate for Croydon North, later admitted to the infighting, saying: "There were so many technical problems over the last 18 months and, to be honest, it all got a bit much. I’ll put my hands up."
War in Wales...(06 of06)
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Ukip Wales saw the resignation of its deputy chairman James Cole, who posted a vicious attack on his party on Facebook, writing that the party was "no longer a party of democracy". (credit:Matthew Horwood via Getty Images)
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