Gerard Batten has officially stepped down as leader of Ukip after facing a crushing defeat in the EU elections.

Gerard Batten's advisor Tommy Robinson and YouTuber Carl Benjamin also fail in bids to be elected. / Ukip's leader has lost his seat at the European Parliament elections, in the latest blow for the disintegrating eurosceptic party.

Hate-filled platform has no restrictions on antisemitic, misogynist or racist content. / Leading figures on the far right, including Ukip candidates in the upcoming European elections, are encouraging their followers to join a new hate-filled social media platform. The network, called Gab, has no restrictions on antisemitic, misogynist or racist content, and has been used to promote terrorism.

Carl Benjamin made remarks after 2014 US murders by man who blamed women who rejected him sexually. / A leading Ukip candidate for the European elections argued that feminism was responsible for a rise in the number of men carrying out mass murders, because the killers felt disenfranchised and “out of options”, it has emerged.

Three female MEPs have quit UKIP after the party's leader Gerard Batten defended a candidate's comments about rape as "satire".

Ukip leader Gerard Batten has described a rape tweet sent by one of his party’s election candidates to Labour MP Jess Phillips as satire.

Gerard Batten had suggested Metropolitan Police may use banned devices, despite force not owning any.

Ukip, Tommy Robinson, the UK “yellow vests”, Democratic Football Lads Alliance and Leave Means Leave campaign are holding rallies in the capital, on the day Britain was due to leave the EU.

Investigation reveals exodus of party’s moderates and influx of more extreme newcomers.

Gerard Batten also says Queen should never have approved ‘treasonous’ Maastricht treaty.