Wonder why this hasn’t been mentioned yet. Anybody?
Ukip in new racism row after Lenny Henry insult
More UK Independence Party election candidates make prejudiced comments on the internet, including one who said Lenny Henry, the comedian, should leave Britain to live in a “black country”Nigel Farage is facing a new racism row after it emerged that more of his UK Independence Party election candidates made prejudiced comments on the internet.
In one statement, a candidate standing in next month’s local council elections suggested on Twitter that the comedian, Lenny Henry should leave Britain to live in a “black country”.
The party insisted it would investigate and act upon any comments from candidates that breach its “non-racist, non-sectarian” values.
The disclosures followed a week in which a series of publicity gaffes threatened to damage Ukip’s hopes in the European Parliament and local council elections taking place on May 22.
The party was forced to suspend one of the stars of its European election broadcast when it emerged he had published a series of racist remarks on Twitter.
In the latest controversy, William Henwood, a Ukip candidate for election in Enfield, north London, responded on Twitter to a speech by Mr Henry, in which the actor suggested there were not enough ethnic minority faces on television.
According to his Twitter account, the Ukip candidate said: “He should emigrate to a black country. He does not have to live with whites.”
A Ukip candidate in Camden, Magnus Nielsen, claimed that 70 per cent of mosques in the UK have been “taken over” by “fundamentalists”.
According to his Facebook page, he said: “Islam is organised crime under religious camouflage. Any Muslim who is not involved in organised crime is not a ‘true believer’, practising Islam as Mohammed commanded.”
In a statement, Ukip said that the party was “non-racist, non-sectarian” and that “any comments made by members that fail to uphold these values will be duly investigated and acted upon”.
Last week, Mr Farage admitted that Ukip’s candidate-vetting procedures had failed after a man with racist views was granted a starring role in the party’s election broadcast.
The Ukip leader said he was “very angry” that Andre Lampitt, a Zimbabwean kitchen fitter, was given a prominent role in the television broadast.
Mr Lampitt, who is a Ukip council candidate, posted a series of racist messages on Twitter, saying Islam is “evil” and claiming Ed Miliband is not British.
Henwood told the BBC:
“I think if black people come to this country and don’t like mixing with white people why are they here? If he (Henry) wants a lot of blacks around go and live in a black country.”
Gosh, another triumph for Farage’s non racist political party. Maybe bigoted political party would be a better description.
(For those who really want to know Henwood came from Zimbabwe – or Rhodesia as he apparently still refers to it – whereas Lenny Henry was born in Dudley, in the Black Country. Can you work out who the immigrant is?)
Still, carry on blaming the mean and biased media for pointing out where UKIP fall down; it’s nothing to do with the candidates they choose.;o)
Hmm, at least the wheels haven’t come off Farage’s campaign. Chipped paint and battered bodywork, maybe, but still rolling…
Ukip bus crashes into Portsmouth station
The Ukip campaign double-decker bus collided with a Portsmouth railway station canopy as the driver attempted to manoeuvre out of a car park after greeting party leader Nigel Farage.
The purple bus, with only one passenger on board, arrived at Portsmouth & Southsea to greet Mr Farage, who is visiting the city as part of his campaign for the forthcoming European elections.
But the collision happened as the bus appeared to make a U-turn as it could not fit under the railway platform bridge at the exit of the car park.
The bus appeared to suffer damage to the front although only minor damage appeared to have been sustained by the canopy.
People gathered and looked out at windows laughing at the bus’s mishap, which happened after Mr Farage had left to meet local people.
Staff at the railway station also came out of the building to inspect the damage to the canopy.
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/ukip-bus-crashes-into-portsmouth-station-1-6025252
Wonder if it was a foreign driver…?
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April 28, 2014 at 5:33 pm