Henry Bolton reveals he may rekindle romance with ex-girlfriend Jo Marney

Henry Bolton has admitted he may rekindle his romance with ex-girlfriend Jo Marney after being ousted as Ukip party leader.

The politician admitted he could get back together with 25-year-old model Ms Marney after he lost his job on Saturday.

He ended the relationship after it emerged that Ms Marney has made racist comments about Meghan Markle marrying Prince Harry.

But, in an interview with Jacob Rees-Mogg on LBC, he hinted that the separation may have been temporary.

Mr Bolton also argued that some within the party had used his personal life to "deliberately" undermine his leadership.

His comments came as Ukip's interim leader, Gerard Batten, defended his description of Islam as a "death cult" - a day after he took over the helm of the party.

Mr Batten, who is temporarily standing in as leader, said in an interview that a "significant minority" of Muslims are extremists who want to be martyred.

On Saturday, Mr Bolton lost a vote of no confidence on Saturday, with 63 per cent of party members voting to sack him.

During the interview on Sunday, Mr Rees-Mogg had asked: "Now that you are not leading the party, are you and Ms Marney reunited? Is that some unity you've created?"

The ex-Ukip leader replied: "We talked about it last night. It's a bit early to say what's going to happen in my private life, Jacob."

Mr Bolton ended his relationship with Ms Marney after it emerged she had sent text messages including offensive comments about Meghan Markle and black people.

He faced a revolt by several senior figures in the party in protest at the relationship as a result.

Mr Bolton said he did not resign from his position earlier as he felt it more important to focus on "unifying the party" and "putting out a message on the EU".

He said the party was made up of a "disparate group of political views that were gathered together under Brexit".

Mr Bolton said: "The situation within my personal life created an opportunity for the people within the party that had never accepted my leadership to express themselves."

He added: "[There are] people within the party who have deliberately used this to undermine the party."

The politician said he expected the party to "take a lurch to the right", adding "the party cannot be united now".

He said: "I suspect there are a lot of people in the party that will be looking around for another new political home."