NO ONE HATES JUST POLISH PLUMBERS:

"I'm appalled," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Friday. "Gerard Batten has this sort of fixation with Tommy Robinson and discussing Islam and dragging Ukip into the direction of effectively being a street activist party."

Mr Farage claimed it had "blown a hole" in what he said were his efforts to make Ukip "a non-racist, non sectarian party." [...]

"If I have one real achievement in politics I did pretty much single-handedly kill off the BNP (British National Party)."

But he then added: "This is not about me, this is about Ukip being a sane electoral vehicle.

"They want to put Tommy Robinson up there as a big player in the Brexit debate too - that will damage the leave cause in this country.

"From every single aspect it is time we got rid of Gerard Batten and reclaimed the party."

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