Ukip leadership favourite Paul Nuttall has praised Nigel Farage’s controversial anti-migrant poster, saying it made an “absolutely correct” point that there is a “deluge of people coming from the Middle East”. Nuttall, the former deputy leader, backed the poster during a hustings event for Ukip leadership candidates on radio station LBC, which descended into bickering and acrimony over issues ranging from homophobia to the death penalty. “The point behind that poster was absolutely correct. We do need to get control of our borders and there is a deluge of people coming from the Middle East. A different position was taken by Suzanne Evans, the former deputy chairman of the party, who said the poster was unnecessary though not racist.

Source: The Guardian November 01, 2016 21:16 UTC