UKIP chiefs have admitted they are just days from bankruptcy as they beg branches to raise £100,000 by the end of the month or got bust, The Sun can reveal.
Interim leader Gerard Batten has written to all local groups across the country to ask them divert any funds they have in their coffers to the central party “purely for operational needs”.
He warns: “If we cannot raise it then the future of the Party itself is in question.”
It comes as the party is also facing a six-figure costs claim in a legal battle with three Labour MPs.
The begging note says they “realise that this money belongs to the branches but the future of our party really is in the hands of the members at this time”.
The plea takes place as ousted leader Henry Bolton announced he has formed his own new political party called OneNation.
The disgraced ex-boss was booted out last month at a meeting of Ukip members after The Sun revealed he had left his wife for a topless model Jo Marney, who was later shown to have sent racist messages.
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He said it would be a “professional political party that believes in Britain, that preserves our national identity, culture, heritage and confidence and talks our great nation up rather than down; a party dedicated to the full independence of the UK in all areas of law, government and public administration.”
And his switched campaign colours from Ukip’s purple to “British Racing Green, which he claimed “represents British branding and excellence.”
But last night the Electoral Commission said they had not received any paperwork for a new party called OneNation.
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