Trouble appears to be brewing within Ukip<\/a> as a squabble threatens to break out over who will stand for the party in the upcoming London mayoral election due to take place next year.<\/p>\n Insiders within the party are briefing the press that Kipper leader Nigel Farage is hoping to block deputy chair Suzanne Evans in favour of a more pliable candidate and culture spokesman Peter Whittle, in the latest evidence Nige is unwilling to relinquish control of the party.<\/p>\n Central to this scheme, first reported by the Spectator<\/em><\/a>, is the use of a central committee for vetting candidates which replaced a one-member-one-vote system, with the panellists Chris Bruni-Lowe, Paul Oakden and Mick McGough said to be loyal to Farage.<\/p>\n As one \u201csenior Ukip insider\u201d put it: \u201cIt looks like a stitch-up, and smells like a stitch up. I just hope it isn\u2019t one.\u201d<\/p>\n In response an anonymous party source claimed that the previous voting system was a \u201cdisaster\u201d, leading to a \u201cshambolic\u201d 2012 London mayoral campaign that ended with Ukip failing to get its name on the ballot paper.<\/p>\n This oversight occurred after the clown doing the admin for Ukip candidate Lawrence Webb<\/a> signed him up under \u201cFresh Choice for London\u201d. Ukip ended up second-last in a field of seven, with a mere 2 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n The Farage defender added that it would be be strange if Farage did not have loyalists on the panel, given he is the leader.<\/p>\n