Defeated Nigel Farage to stay on as Ukip chief

Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain’s anti-EU UK Independence Party, withdrew his resignation after tendering it last week over his failure to win a seat in the British parliament.

Ukip, which wants Britain to withdraw from the EU, won just one seat in a national election last week, despite talking up its chances of doing much better after winning European elections in Britain last year.

Farage, Ukip’s best-known politician, stood down on Friday after losing to a candidate from David Cameron’s Conservative Party, making good on a promise to resign he made before the election.