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The wife of sacked UKIP leader Henry Bolton has claimed her cheating husband asked her to go back to him – while professing his love for his ex-mistress.

But Tatiana Smurova-Bolton said she is still furious with him over his affair with 25-year-old topless model Jo Marney.

And she insisted she cannot forgive Bolton, who was axed yesterday after a vote of no ­confidence in him by UKIP members over Marney’s racist messages about Meghan Markle .

Tatiana, 42, said: “He phoned on Valentine’s Day and told me he does still love me."

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“He is telling me one thing, then giving interviews about his ­affections for this woman," she continued.

“I said he can’t have it both ways. He can’t keep on playing this double game.”

Bolton, 54, dumped Tatiana by text on December 30 after walking out on her and their daughters Lucinda, four, and Victoria, nearly two.

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The Russian, who lives in Vienna with the girls, said: “When you have small children, you feel you must make sure you’ve tried all you could to save your family.

“So when he first asked me if I would consider giving things another chance I thought maybe I should. But I can’t consider it when we haven’t talked face to face.”

After Bolton was axed, Marney branded Ukip members “a bunch of muppets”. She then bizarrely posted: “Well... @_HenryBolton ... at least we don’t have to have sex anymore!”

A UKIP spokesman said Mr Bolton would not comment.