Nigel Farage defends ‘racist’ immigration posters

Debate rages over Ukip’s anti-EU election posters: are they racist or do they tell the truth?

UKIP poster
(Image credit: Ukip website)

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has defended his party’s campaign strategy after critics branded its posters for next month’s European elections “racist”.

One poster shows a builder in a hard hat sitting on the street begging for change with the slogan: “EU policy at work. British workers are hit hard by unlimited cheap labour.”

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