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Anti-Islam campaigner Anne Marie Waters will be allowed to stand in the UKIP leadership contest Adam Payne Aug. 12, 2017, 4:39 AM 725 Anti-Islam campaigner Anne Marie Waters will stand in the UKIP leadership contest despite being blocked from standing in the general election. Waters, who has called Islam "evil" and a "killing machine," told BI this week that she expected to be blocked from the standing. Numerous senior party figures are set to walk out of the party if she becomes leader.LONDON — Anti-Islam campaigner Anne Marie Waters will be allowed to stand in the UKIP leadership contest, the party announced on Friday evening. In a surprise move, the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) approved Waters' application, despite several senior UKIP figures and Waters herself expecting her bid to be blocked from standing in the contest.Waters told BI earlier this week that she expected the UKIP NEC to block her bid to be the party's new leader over comments she has made about Islam. She was banned from standing as a candidate for UKIP in the June general election after describing Islam as "evil" and a "killing machine." Last year she co-founded the UK branch of anti-Islam group Pegida alongside Tommy Robinson, former leader of the English Defence League. Continued: http://www.businessinsider.com/anne-marie-waters-will-stand-ukip-leadership-contest-2017-8
