Disbelief as Miliband wriggles out of calling Farage racist

Labour leader walking on egg-shells as evidence mounts that Ukip IS attracting Labour voters

The Mole
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ED MILIBAND refused to call Nigel Farage a racist on Radio 4's Today programme this morning to avoid alienating Labour voters who are thinking of switching to Ukip in Thursday’s local and European elections.

Miliband went on the programme to push a new Labour policy - given to The Guardian - to link the minimum wage to about 60 per cent of median hourly earnings – slightly higher than Chancellor George Osborne’s proposed rise from £6.31 to £7 an hour (57 per cent of median earnings).

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