UKIP names leader to replace Farage

Afp, London

Britain's anti-EU party UKIP elected former history lecturer Paul Nuttall as its new leader yesterday to take over from Brexit firebrand Nigel Farage. Nuttall promised to unite the party -- a driving force behind Britain's vote to leave the EU -- which has been under threat from bitter infighting and a plunge in funding following Farage's departure announcement.