Image copyright PA Former UKIP leader Diane James has said she resigned after just 18 days in the job because of an inability to break up the party"s “old guard”.
In her first broadcast interview since resigning, she told BBC 5 live Daily she felt she could not “continue to bang [her] head against a brick wall”.
Ms James said false reports she had stepped down because of her husband"s ill health had caused her anxiety.
She also revealed her “awkwardness” over a planned kiss with Nigel Farage.
Ms James, an MEP for South East England, caused shock in early October when she resigned, having won the party"s leadership only 18 days earlier.
"Concocted story"In an interview with 5 live Daily"s Emma Barnett, she told of her frustrations in the role, saying: “One can obviously continue to bang your head against a brick wall, going to bed at night hoping things might change and that you might be able to make a breakthrough.
“But when it became clear I couldn"..
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