UKIP Leadership Ballot To Be Held!

==Junker, Rudd and Tusk To Fight It Out!==
Earlier today the National Executive Committee of UKIP voted unanimously to hold a leadership ballot as soon as possible following Chancellor Merkel's statement that she was not going to seek another term as leader. Mrs Merkel's term of office as Leader of UKIP was set for renewal in a years time, falling just after the scheduled election dates, but given the circumstances the NEC has voted to move such a vote forward.
With Mrs Merkel being the main figurehead of the party for at least a decade exactly whom will succeed her is more unclear. Three candidates have declared their candidacy;
*- Jean-Claude Junker: He battled Mrs Merkel for leadership of the party back in 562 and currently serves as Chief Whip of the Party. He represents the more Liberal and Centrist wing of the party and is regarded as a modest and rather bland individual yet has a great depth of policy knowledge. 
*- Donald Tusk; Current Foreign Secretary and the tough guy of the Party. Mr Tusk represents the pragmatic values which Mrs Merkel came to embody. He is regarded as an unyielding and strong leader although many question his lack of principle and his relatively poor performance as Foreign Secretary over the Merkel years.
*- Amber Rudd; Long a protoge and understudy to Mrs Merkel, who is the party's main spokesperson and Haals Secretary has also declared her candidacy. She holds sway amongst the more traditional Conservative wing of the party and is viewed as a fiery and passionate politician, if not the best at debates.
The NEC has announced that ballots will be held in the coming weeks before the new year with the aim to have the new leader in place by late November/early December to allow them enough time to have sufficient input into the Manifesto. Until such a time as Parliament is dissolved for the General Election Mrs Merkel will continue to act as Chancellor and leader of the party.
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