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| Ukip accused of scare-mongering in anti-immigration poster campaign ahead of European elections | Ukip accused of scare-mongering in anti-immigration poster campaign ahead of European elections |
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| Ukip has revealed its controversial election campaign ahead of the May European elections, which includes a billboard depicting a man dressed as a builder begging for spare change next to the words: “EU policy at work. British workers are hit hard by unlimited cheap labour.” | Ukip has revealed its controversial election campaign ahead of the May European elections, which includes a billboard depicting a man dressed as a builder begging for spare change next to the words: “EU policy at work. British workers are hit hard by unlimited cheap labour.” |
| The party’s economic spokesman, Steven Woolfe, announced the campaign on Twitter on Sunday, and said the giant posters would be “coming to you soon”. | The party’s economic spokesman, Steven Woolfe, announced the campaign on Twitter on Sunday, and said the giant posters would be “coming to you soon”. |
| Another poster reads: “26 million people in Europe are looking for work. And whose jobs are they after?” alongside a giant hand pointing at the viewer. | Another poster reads: “26 million people in Europe are looking for work. And whose jobs are they after?” alongside a giant hand pointing at the viewer. |
| Figures across the political spectrum soon posted tweets opposing the campaign, and accused the party of scare-mongering. | Figures across the political spectrum soon posted tweets opposing the campaign, and accused the party of scare-mongering. |
| There were also comparisons to posters released by the far-right British National Party which carried the slogan: “British Jobs for British Workers” next to men dressed in high-vis jackets. | There were also comparisons to posters released by the far-right British National Party which carried the slogan: “British Jobs for British Workers” next to men dressed in high-vis jackets. |
| Former Conservative minister Lord Debden writing: “UKIP stands for the worst in human beings: our prejudice, selfishness, and fear.” | Former Conservative minister Lord Debden writing: “UKIP stands for the worst in human beings: our prejudice, selfishness, and fear.” |
| "EU Policy at Work" billboard coming to you soon pic.twitter.com/vq2Yc33cqq | "EU Policy at Work" billboard coming to you soon pic.twitter.com/vq2Yc33cqq |
| Anybody else noticing a distinct similarity between UKIP and the BNP's campaign message? #imnotaracistbut pic.twitter.com/G5ZldQUv1n | Anybody else noticing a distinct similarity between UKIP and the BNP's campaign message? #imnotaracistbut pic.twitter.com/G5ZldQUv1n |
| Undated Ukip handout photo of a Ukip poster as Ukip leader Nigel Farage has defended a new immigration-centred poster campaign as "a hard-hitting reflection of reality" after it was attacked as "racist" by political opponents. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday April 21, 2014. The anti-European Union (EU) party is using £1.5 million of funding from millionaire ex-Tory donor Paul Sykes to launch its biggest-ever publicity drive ahead of European Parliament elections on May 22. To be displayed at hundreds of billboard sites across the country, they carry stark warnings that "British workers are hit hard by unlimited foreign labour" and that 26 million unemployed people across Europe are "after" UK jobs. See PA story POLITICS Ukip. Photo credit should read: NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder. “Like a toddler kicking off in a public place #ukip gets what they want - a reaction ( and so everyone sharing their posters)...” wrote Labour MP for Walthamstow Stella Creasy. | |
| Lord Deben, a Tory peer who served in John Major’s cabinet, also responded, saying that Ukip “stands for the worst in human beings: our prejudice, selfishness, and fear”. | Lord Deben, a Tory peer who served in John Major’s cabinet, also responded, saying that Ukip “stands for the worst in human beings: our prejudice, selfishness, and fear”. |
| Ukip leader Nigel Farage has defended the posters, describing them as "a hard-hitting reflection of reality as it is experienced by millions of British people struggling to earn a living outside the Westminster bubble." | |
| "Are we going to ruffle a few feathers among the chattering classes? Yes. Are we bothered about that? Not in the slightest. | |
| "Ukip is hugely grateful to Paul Sykes for his magnificent contribution to the great cause of restoring Britain's ability to be a self-governing nation. The political earthquake I have spoken of is on its way," he added. | |
| The push for votes follows a ComRes poll for The Independent, which revealed that more than half the electorate is immune to the appeal of Ukip and has no intention of supporting it. | The push for votes follows a ComRes poll for The Independent, which revealed that more than half the electorate is immune to the appeal of Ukip and has no intention of supporting it. |
| Ukip support edged up by one point to 12 per cent following Nigel Farage’s two televised clashes with Nick Clegg, which snap polls of viewers concluded had been easily “won” by the Ukip leader. | Ukip support edged up by one point to 12 per cent following Nigel Farage’s two televised clashes with Nick Clegg, which snap polls of viewers concluded had been easily “won” by the Ukip leader. |