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The woman who led UKIP for just 18 days, Diane James, has broken her silence to explain why she quit as leader, saying it was her inability to change the party and get rid of the so-called 鈥渙ld guard鈥�.

Speaking exclusively to 5 live Daily鈥檚 Emma Barnett, Diane James revealed she didn鈥檛 want to continue to bang her head 鈥渁gainst a brick wall鈥�, and that 鈥渋t became so clear within that initial few weeks that everything I鈥檇 campaigned upon I just couldn't deliver鈥�.

She said that reports she stepped down due to her husband's ill health were completely untrue and caused "an immense amount of upset, anxiety and unhappiness".

This clip is originally from 5 live Daily on Wednesday 21 December 2016.