[UKrepublican]

What makes you think he is an egomaniac?

I think if you watched his speech at the election, it was definitely the words of a man that had every intention to stand down.

As a UKIP member myself, I can tell you that from the average member to the very top - pretty much everybody was adamant that he must stay.

[Impy]

That's just my impression from everything I've seen and read about him, seems like he's all about him, talk of internal dissent that he snuffs out. I realize he has quite a following and with all the left wing media attacks on him that you're not inclined to believe anything negative.

I think if you watched his speech at the election, it was definitely the words of a man that had every intention to stand down.

And maybe run again to succeed himself in a new election. Seems like kabuki to me that he wanted to be asked to stay.

I can tell you that from the average member to the very top - pretty much everybody was adamant that he must stay.

You want him, you got him. I would question the desire to keep the leader who came into the election with 2 seats and high hopes for more and came out of it with 1 seat, everyone knew before hand what the electoral system was.