New UKIP leader: Tories can't be trusted with true Brexit Diane James is elected new leader of the UK Independence Party, replacing Nigel Farage who stepped down following Britain's vote to leave the European Union. James says she will continue to seek Farage's opinions but that the former leader will not be a "backseat driver". She says she considers UKIP to be the "opposition party in waiting" and that the Conservatives cannot be "trusted with true Brexit". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES COMPLETES VID937773_EN