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@Oliver Schick
The UKIP finance stuff makes me think of what's currently happening in Germany. Many in the SPD (led by Kevin Kühnert, the leader of the Jusos (Young Socialists) want to prevent the party from going into a new Grand Coalition (there's even a hashtag, #NoGroKo) partly because it would make the far-right AfD, Germany's version of the UKIPs, the largest party in the opposition, which in turn would entitle it to additional funds to 'lead' the opposition (while it is somewhat unlikely that the Greens and the Left Party would consent to being led by them).
As Farage's recent troubles (being docked pay because one of his EU-funded staffers was working for the party and not on EU stuff) have shown, at least some of the UKIPs were abusing EU funds, and it is most likely that the AfD would do this with German federal funds, too. Among other minor priorities (getting rid of Merkel, rebuilding the SPD, turning German politics around), Kühnert and co. want to prevent the AfD from accessing such money to further establish itself. Without funding like it, such parties are in trouble.
Meanwhile, the UKIPs have voted:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/17/ukip-members-vote-to-sack-leader-henry-bolton