Eurosceptic UKIP loses lawmaker Douglas Carswell

Q.  What does the anti-EU British UKIP party stand for?
- Published on 27 Mar 17

a. United Kingdom Independence Party
b. United Kingdom Initiative Party
c. United Kingdom Initiative Policy
d. None of the above

ANSWER: United Kingdom Independence Party
 
Britain's UKIP party, credited as a major factor influencing the decision of the nation to leave the EU, has lost its only lawmaker on 25th March 2017.

Douglas Carswell has announced he was leaving the party.

Carswell defected to UKIP from the Conservative Party led by David Cameron in Aug 2014.

Carswell will remain the MP for Clacton as an independent till the next general elections due in 2020.

British PM Theresa May on 21st March 2017 formally triggered the June 2016 referendum vow to quit the bloc that Britain had joined 44 years back.

UKIP: Know More
  • Deputy leader : Peter Whittle European
  • Parliament group : Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy
  • Leader : Paul Nuttall
  • European Parliament : 20 / 73

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