Ukip leadership hopeful raises £8 with crowdfunding campaign

While Ukip won’t announce its leadership shortlist until Wednesday, Bill Etheridge is expected to be one of the names that makes it onto the ballot. Thanks to his hardline policies — which range from a referendum on the death penalty to a ban on halal meat — Etheridge is likely to get plenty of press attention without having to campaign too hard.

Perhaps that’s for the best given that his campaign for finances doesn’t appear to have got off to a flying start. The Ukip MEP set up a crowdfunding campaign two weeks ago to try and rally donations for ‘Billieve in Bill’. However, so far there has only been one donation and Etheridge has raised a mere £8 of his £5,000 goal.

If readers would like to show that they ‘Billieve’ in Bill full funding details can be found here.

Update: Following Mr S’s observation, Etheridge appears to have got cold feet and closed down the project.