UKIP in turmoil as the Babadook becomes surprise new favourite in leadership race

Poke Staff. Updated August 4th, 2016

The UK Independence party is in chaos after leadership favourite Steven Woolfe has been excluded from the race, and the sinister supernatural entity Mister Babadook has emerged as the new frontrunner.

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“People are stunned – we thought that Labour had problems with infighting and coups, but at least they haven’t got a towering, shadowy bogeyman wearing a black coat and hat as the new favourite to take over,” said one UKIP insider.

The Babadook was thought to be released when a party member accidentally read his cursed poem, thinking it was a rough draft of a future UKIP manifesto.

“This could actually be a very good thing for the party,” said another source.

“We’ve always had a bit of an image problem and perhaps the Babadook is the perfect leader to take us to victory in 2020 – gone are the days of Farage’s trademark coat, pint of ale and fags – the future of UKIP lies in the claw-like hands and pale terrifying face of Mister Babadook.”

Babadook was unavailable for comment, though he did release a short statement to the press that read “Ba-Ba Dook-Dook-DOOK!”.