Pro-Brexit UK Independence Party to announce new leader
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The UK Independence Party plans to announce its new leader amid concerns that an openly anti-Islam chief may be chosen.
The candidacy of Anne Marie Waters has raised the specter of a split in party ranks because of her anti-Islam views.
She is thought to be one of several candidates gaining strength in the leadership contest. The new leader will be announced Friday afternoon and will deliver a major speech at the party conference the following day.
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UKIP has struggled since achieving its aim of winning public support in the 2016 referendum to leave the European Union. It scored less than 2 percent of the votes in the June general election.
Former leader Nigel Farage warns the party is "finished" if it embraces an anti-Islam platform.