UKIP leader Paul Nuttall by his election battle bus
NORTH-WEST Euro-MP Paul Nuttall has quit UKIP.
He has followed founder and fellow former leader Nigel Farage in leaving the part over its association with ex-English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson.
In his letter to current leader Gerard Batten, Mr Nuttall says: "The party is being taken in a direction I believe is harmful to Brexit. The association with Tommy Robinson will appall many moderate Brexit voters."
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