UKIP membership surges 15% in a month

Why is the party of Brexit making an unlikely comeback?

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UKIP has attracted a slew of new members over the past month, as public disillusionment with the direction of Brexit negotiations and the party’s more hard-right nationalist stance appear to be giving it a new sense of purpose.

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