Ex-UKIP councillor Stephen Searle guilty of murdering wife

"A former UKIP councillor has been found guilty of murdering his wife, after he had an affair with their son's partner.

Stephen Searle, 64, strangled his wife Anne at their home in Stowmarket, Suffolk, on 30 December.
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It took the jury three-and-a-half hours to find him guilty of murder, after a six-day trial.
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Following the verdict, former [UKIP] politician Bill Mountford told BBC Suffolk he still considered Searle "a friend", adding "these things happen"."

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UKIP...a strange lot...just the idea of leaving the eu...and without Farage would just have been another fringe group.

They ran Thanet council rather badly.....and with a bit of luck will go back to where they came from now we have a choice to vote for a mainstream Brexit party.

...any party that evolved into letting Tommy Robinson be an advisor would never get my vote...just don't expect honesty in politics....the few who are honest hold their meetings in telephone boxes.

No different to any other party in my eyes. I gave up voting.

Silent Minority wrote:
UKIP...a strange lot...just the idea of leaving the eu...and without Farage would just have been another fringe group.

They ran Thanet council rather badly.....and with a bit of luck will go back to where they came from now we have a choice to vote for a mainstream Brexit party.

...any party that evolved into letting Tommy Robinson be an advisor would never get my vote...just don't expect honesty in politics....the few who are honest hold their meetings in telephone boxes.

What are the reasons people might choose Ukip over the Brexit party?

It looks to me like it will split the vote and both will lose out, yet if they join together, who would vote for a party thought to be racist?