Paul Nuttall Is Being Destroyed Over His Stoke By-Election Defeat

'I am not going anywhere.' Quite.
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Last night Paul Nuttall’s still brief leadership of Ukip was thrown into further turmoil as voters in Stoke-on-Trent Central voted against him with a proverbial middle finger.

The full result of the #StokeCentral by-election won by @gareth_snell #bbctw pic.twitter.com/OCaCsYXuTX

— BBC This Week (@bbcthisweek) February 24, 2017

Labour’s Gareth Snell retained the seat with 7,853 votes to Ukip’s 5,233 - a comfortable win given the much-trumpeted threat Ukip poses to the party in the north of England.

STATEMENT FROM PAUL NUTTALL: I'm delighted to have been elected by the people of Stoke; I promise to put my astronaut training on hold.

— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) February 24, 2017

Nuttall’s campaign was blighted by false claims he lost “close friends” in the Hillsborough disaster as well as confusion over where he actually lived.

He was confronted by Channel 4 NewsMichael Crick earlier this month over revelations he had never stepped foot in the house he was listing as his address for the contest.

UKIP's Paul Nuttall asked why he listed residence he's never been to as current "home" on nomination form. Party said he was moving today. pic.twitter.com/Q8kq1BekrS

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) February 1, 2017

When Crick pointed out that electoral rules state candidates must put their home on their nomination form, Nuttall replied: “It will be for the rest of the campaign.”

My hunch is Paul Nuttall's future CV will have "MP for Stoke on Trent Central" on it whether he wins tomorrow or not.

— Hugo Rifkind (@hugorifkind) February 22, 2017

It later transpired he had moved into an empty house in an attempt to quash rumours of foul play which, as the chap on Question Time last night said, might be up for sale pretty soon.

UKIP spokesman says Paul Nuttall has NOW moved into empty Stoke home Nuttall claimed on nom forms as "home address" pic.twitter.com/gUznRqu4ln

— Michael Crick (@MichaelLCrick) February 1, 2017

So one can only assume that not only is Nuttall nursing the sore head of defeat today but he’s also doing it sat in an empty house.

I would like to say a big thanks to the people of Stoke and everyone in UKIP who came to campaign with us in the by-election.

— Paul Nuttall (@paulnuttallukip) February 24, 2017

@paulnuttallukip congratulations on getting elected and good luck with your mission to Mars

— Brian (@F00tballisall) February 24, 2017

Spare a thought for Paul Nuttall, who now owns an unfurnished house in Stoke

— Jon Stone (@joncstone) February 24, 2017

"Where's the car?" Nuttall searching for his getaway car after disappointing Stoke by-election result pic.twitter.com/9s7VxnVb6K

— Jessica Elgot (@jessicaelgot) February 24, 2017

Defending his campaign while being harangued by reporters, Nuttall claimed the seat was only 17th on his party’s target list.

He said: “We are not going anywhere and I am not going anywhere. We will go on and have success in the future.”

Paul Nuttall: "We're not going anywhere". Quite.

— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) February 24, 2017

Anyway, as you can imagine people have been having a lot of fun this morning.

Whatever happens today, Paul Nuttall will be able to look back in twenty eight years and recall being elected MP for Stoke.

— Sue Perkins (@sueperkins) February 23, 2017

If only the scheduled maintenance on Paul Nuttall's website had been completed in time, it could have been so very different.

— Alan White (@aljwhite) February 24, 2017

Poor Paul Nuttall, he's going to have to move out of Stoke now after living there for so long.

— Sunny Hundal (@sunny_hundal) February 24, 2017

Spare a thought for Paul Nuttall, he made a new life for himself in Stoke but the good people spotted an unskilled migrant and sent him home

— Ferretgirl (@Ferretgrove) February 24, 2017

Poor Paul Nuttall, who now has to go back to being an astronaut, brain surgeon and Olympic athlete. #stokebyelection

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) February 24, 2017

Elsewhere, former Ukip leader, Nigel Farage is on TV tonight talking about sex and death.

It’s what Friday evenings were made for.

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