Paul Nuttall, the Ukip leader under pressure over claims that he was not at the Hillsborough disaster, has accused Labour of coordinating a smear campaign against him. Asked whether he would name a victim he says he knew, the Ukip leader declined. Nuttall, who became Ukip leader last year, lost a byelection in Stoke-on-Trent after admitting that claims on his website that he lost close friends at the disaster were not true. The claim regarding “close personal friends” was made on Nuttall’s website in 2011, in a post under his name featuring a quote attributed to him. “I haven’t lost a close, personal friend,” Nuttall said.

Source: The Guardian March 05, 2017 11:58 UTC