Diane James, Britain’s new UKIP leader, has revealed that Vladimir Putin is her political hero.
James, who was elected as party leader Friday, said Russian president Putin and former British prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and Sir Winston Churchill were the political figures she admired the most.
Speaking on BBC One’s Sunday Politics programme, she was asked who “other than Vladimir Putin” were her political heroes and named Thatcher and Churchill.
She had previously stated that she admired Putin as “a strong leader,” The Daily Telegraph reported.
James, 56, who has served as deputy chairman and was the favorite to succeed close …read more
Source: Newsweek
