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Ukip's thin veil of respectability slipped even further yesterday after anti-racist campaigners revealed two local party leaders were linked to the BNP and National Front.
Hope Not Hate exposed a Ukip leaflet that boasts of the defection of former Dudley Labour branch chairman Steve Daniels - whose name and address appeared on a leaked BNP membership list.
Hope Not Hate explained Mr Daniel's swapped parties after Labour barred him from standing while investigating his links to Nick Griffin's racist party.
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
Holding office in local government is a poisoned chalice for a party that bases its electoral appeal around issues where it has no power whatsoever, argues NICK WRIGHT
