The candidates vying to be the next leader of the UK Independence Party held their final public hustings last night. The contest was triggered by the resignation of Lord Pearson, who declared himself unsuited to party politics. The former leader Nigel Farage is in the running alongside David Campbell-Bannerman, the economist Tim Congdon and former boxer Winston Mackenzie. Ross Hawkins reports.

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