article_snippet.sent: UkipSuzanne Evans today said Suzanne Evans will step in as party leader if Farage quits because of ill health.
article_snippet.sent: Ukip leader has also pledged to be 'gone within 10 minutes' if Ukip leader fails to win in Thanet South where Ukip leader is standing to become an MP.
article_snippet.sent: Stepping into the breach: The party's deputy chairman Suzanne Evans (pictured right) said The party's deputy chairman Suzanne Evans would step in as leader if Farage is forced to pull out due to ill health.
article_snippet.sent: Asked what The party's deputy chairman Suzanne Evans would do if Farage asked The party's deputy chairman Suzanne Evans to 'carry on the mantle', Suzanne Evans Suzanne Evans today told Murnaghan on Sky News: 'Well if Farage said that to Farage, of course I would, yes. '
article_snippet.sent: Suzanne Evans is seen as The party's rising star and has been increasingly tipped as Ukip leader Nigel Farage successor because of strong media performances.
article_snippet.sent: Suzanne Evans wrote The party's general election manifesto.
article_snippet.sent: After the manifesto launch, Suzanne Evans was praised for Suzanne Evans assured and confident performance and Suzanne Evans received Ukip leader Nigel Farage personal thanks.
article_snippet.sent: In January Suzanne Evans stepped in as policy chief after Tim Aker quit amid reports Tim Aker was failing to deliver it on time.
article_snippet.sent: Miss Evans, who is a former BBC local radio journalist, works freelance as a PR and marketing consultant and in 2011 founded a health charity for women.
article_snippet.sent: In May 2013 Suzanne Evans came to prominence when Suzanne Evans defected from the Tories to Ukip with a group of councillors in Merton, south London, but Suzanne Evans lost Suzanne Evans seat in local election last year.
article_snippet.sent: Suzanne Evans is regularly used by The party for appearances on programmes such as Question Time and Newsnight, and has been fronting the party’s election campaign morning press conferences.
article_snippet.sent: But despite increasing talk about Suzanne Evans leadership potential, senior Ukip figures privately admit Suzanne Evans is unlikely to be elected in Shrewsbury & Atcham, the Shropshire seat where Suzanne Evans is standing to become MP.
highlights_snippet.sent: Suzanne Evans said Suzanne Evans would step in if Farage quits because of ill health .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The party's deputy chairman wrote Ukip's general election manifesto .