By Martin Banks - 4th February 2010
I am obviously delighted at the decision
Nikki Sinclaire
An MEP for the UK Independence Party has been told she can stand in May's UK general election after all.
Nikki Sinclaire was accused of breaking UKIP rules after she quit its parliamentary grouping, Europe of Freedom and Democracy, accusing its partners of "extremist views".
By leaving its parliamentary coalition, the party said Sinclaire had broken party rules and could not stand again for elected office as a UKIP member.
Sinclaire had been selected to fight the Meriden seat at the next UK general election.
She told this website that after an appeal party chairman Lord Pearson had now told her she will be reinstated and can stand for UKIP in the election.
The MEP for the West Midlands, who was an unsuccessful candidate in UKIP's recent leadership contest, has accused some of the party's coalition partners in Brussels of holding anti-semitic views.
Sinclaire said she did not sign up to the party alliance when she was elected and also questioned the transparency of the group's finances.
She said, "I am obviously delighted at the decision to allow me to stand in the upcoming election although I have told UKIP I will still not sit with the parliamentary grouping."
"I want to continue within UKIP and fight for what it believes in."
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