With four days to go until LE2013 the Sun turns its fire on Farage and Ukip

With four days to go until LE2013 the Sun turns its fire on Farage and Ukip

Maybe they don’t want the Tories too damaged on Thursday?

Given the sympathetic coverage that Nigel Farage and the purples have had in the run-up to LE2013 today’s coverage in the Sun about their local candidate selection procedures comes as something of a surprise.

The story is over the backgrounds of some of those chosen by the party to be their candidates on Thursday. The report starts:

“UKIP leader Nigel Farage was last night accused of losing control of his party after it emerged they are fielding a string of controversial candidates in next week’s council elections.

The row broke a day after Mr Farage admitted UKIP doesn’t have the “apparatus” to check all those standing….”

Clearly it’s been a massive challenge increase the number of candidates by so many but I just wonder whether the Sun is also trying to assist, a little bit, the blues.

It is after all a rather sensitive time in the press regulation debate and Ukip doesn’t have any MPs.

Mike Smithson

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