Legally, I don't think he ever actually stopped being leader.
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Party sources told the Huffington Post earlier Wednesday that the forms submitted by James after she was elected UKIP leader were not valid. She is believed to have signed the forms but written “under duress” on them, rendering them void.
The electoral commission said in a statement published Wednesday that “UKIP submitted paperwork … notifying us of a change in their leadership.” But the form “had not been processed as we had questions for the party regarding the completion of the form,” it added.
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http://www.politico.eu/article/nigel...l-ukip-leader/