Ukip has been accused of “grubbing around in the gutter” for votes after the party selected a parliamentary candidate who has described Islam as evil. One Ukip MEP said the adoption of Waters, who this month appeared on the far-right Swedish web platform Red Ice TV, was “a massive worry”. “Whether it is politically correct or not to say it, people are concerned about Muslim immigration,” she says. Ukip are no patriots – they are reactionaries wrapped in the Union Jack.”Waters is not alone within Ukip in expressing such views. After the Westminster terrorist attack last month, one of the party’s MEPs, Gerard Batten, who is Nuttall’s spokesman on Brexit, blamed the attack on Islam, which he called “Mohammedanism”.

Source: The Guardian April 27, 2017 13:03 UTC