LONDON -- Guess who's back.
Nigel Farage, who resigned as head of the UKIP party on Friday, is back in the top job after his resignation was rejected by the party.
Farage made the original announcement after losing out on the South Thanet seat to the Conservatives' Craig Mackinlay. He'd already promised to stand down within 10 minutes if he lost, and while his official resignation took a few minutes longer, it sounded pretty final.
And here was Farage on one of many occasions saying he'd resign in ten mins ... He did ... And now he's back: pic.twitter.com/OQbFBk6bbW— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) May 11, 2015
"I have today written to UKIP's National Executive Committee and offered my resignation. I look forward to a well deserved holiday," he tweeted at the time.
However, his resignation has been "unanimously rejected" by UKIP's National Executive Committee.
#UKIP NEC have declined to accept @Nigel_Farage resignation as leader of the Party.— Mark Hughes (@MarkJHughes) May 11, 2015
Farage posted the full statement to Facebook.
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The Twitter commentariat, of course, were on hand for their take on the news.
Farage has unresigned. It's the Ukip equivalent of Easter. "On the third day after resigning he shall unresign"— Alberto Nardelli (@AlbertoNardelli) May 11, 2015
So Farage was a man of his word for about three days. That figures.— Ben Rooney (@benjrooney) May 11, 2015
Who reckons the "UKIP executive committee" that rejected the resignation of Nigel Farage is actually just this guy? pic.twitter.com/KYHD2ofC48— michaelrobb (@_michaelrobb) May 11, 2015
Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband are thought to be standing by their phones.