Two Ukip MEPs have publicly condemned Nigel Farage for appearing to play down Donald Trump’s comments about groping women, with one saying the interim party leader was trying to “defend the indefensible”. However, the MEPs are the first to publicly criticise Farage for dismissing Trump’s comments as “alpha male boasting”. “Nigel is the present leader of Ukip and when he speaks, it will be supposed he speaks for the party. “I am automatically attracted to beautiful women,” Trump said. I’m not pretending it’s good – it’s ugly, it is ugly.”Collins said Trump’s remarks were “not normal, nor are they acceptable”.

Source: The Guardian October 12, 2016 15:30 UTC