Henry Bolton

Britain's far-right UK Independence Party has sacked its leader after weeks of controversy surrounding his girlfriend's racist messages targeting Prince Harry's fiancee Meghan Markle. Henry Bolton, who had refused to resign amid mounting pressure from within the party, was sacked following a 63 per cent vote in favour of a no-confidence motion against the leader at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of the party in Birmingham on Saturday. "I think it's going to be difficult to unite the party, what we have effectively had is a rejection of a new draft constitution, a re-organisation and indeed a new way of doing politics," said Bolton, who is thought to be considering legal action to challenge the result.