is it this? Ukip MEP Jonathan Arnott has announced his candidacy for the leadership, amid furore over new rules for the contest which will block many of the party's best-known figures from standing. The Eurosceptic party's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) has said all candidates to replace Nigel Farage must have been a member for at least five years. It means Ukip's only MP, Douglas Carswell, ex-MP Mark Reckless and prominent former spokeswoman Suzanne Evans, who is temporarily suspended from the party, will not be able to enter the contest.