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Indy U-turn a boost to UKIP

Monday, 1st June 2009

UKIP Leader Nigel Farage has been credited with ridding the party of rascists and extremists by The Independent newspaper, the same paper that once branded UKIP, the "BNP in blazers".

Now clearly having reconsidered its opinion, in light of surging support acrosss the country for UKIP in the lead-up to Thursday's Euro elections, reporter Andy McSmith writes:

Dressed in a dark pinstripe suit on a balmy day on Caterham High Street, in the heart of the Surrey stockbroker belt, Mr Farage bounces down the street touting for votes.

But this energetic, extroverted man has gone a long way towards clearing out the racism and nastiness that lurked on the fingers of UKIP...

The writer continues...

Mr Farage has said time and again that UKIP will not tolerate racists in its ranks. He never utters a word that sounds aggressive or threatening and proudly boasts that UKIP now has candidates and volunteers from the ethnic minorities.

And further says...

Mr Farage said: "A lot of ethnic voters are very positive about our immigration message. They are the ones who sense that vast numbers of Poles and other East Europeans coming are unsettling for race relations. I don't think anybody believes there is a racist message in UKIP."

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