Nigel Farage in bid to reclaim BNP 'Love Britain' slogan as UKIP launches European election

UK Independence Party chief Nigel Farage borrowed a slogan from the BNP as he launched a bid to top European election polls.

The party claimed that they were “reclaiming” the “Love Britain” message which was prominently displayed at their spring conference in Torquay today.

UKIP leader Mr Farage said: “To hell with the BNP... it’s our slogan now.”

But he went on to claim migrants had made Britain unrecognisable to many families in his conference address.

Mr Farage later complained about having to share a train carriage with people who were not speaking English.

He also said he would “do a deal with the devil” for an EU referendum and dismissed the row over a councillor who claimed gay marriage caused the flooding crisis.

And one activist demanded to know how anyone could be Muslim and English in a fringe meeting as the party displayed their true colours.

With David Cameron’s pledge to cut immigration in tatters Mr Farage is seeking to exploit people’s fears to make history and see UKIP become the biggest party in Brussels at the May elections.

He claimed families are paying an financial price for the “irresponsible” failure to curb numbers in his conference speech.

And the UKIP leader demanded: “What about the social price of this?

“The fact that in scores of our cities and market towns, this country in a short space of time has frankly become unrecognisable.

“Whether it is the impact on local schools and hospitals, whether it is the fact in many parts of England you don’t hear English spoken any more.

“This is not the kind of community we want to leave to our children and grandchildren.”

That echoes Enoch Powell’s infamous 1968 claim that large scale immigration could change homes and neighbourhoods “beyond recognition”.

Mr Farage later said he felt “awkward” on a recent train journey in central London when he heard only foreign languages spoken by his fellow passengers.

Speaking in a questions and answers session , he said: “I got the train the other night, it was rush hour, from Charing Cross, it was the stopper going out.

"We stopped at London Bridge, New Cross, Hither Green.

“It wasn’t until after we got past Grove Park that I could actually hear English being audibly spoken in the carriage.

"Does that make me feel slightly awkward? Yes.

“I wonder what’s really going on. And I’m sure that’s a view that will be reflected by three quarters of the population, perhaps even more.

“That does not mean one is anti immigration, we’re not anti immigration, we want immigration, but we do absolutely believe we should be able to judge it both on quantity and quality.”

Mr Farage lasy night boycotted Newsnight and failed to show for an interview.

Farage said he had dropped out because, ‘Instead of asking about the elections or policy they focused on admin’.

However, other tweets suggested he had a clash with reporter Zoe Conway before the interview aired.

The Mirror

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FFS!

How anyone with a sound mind (who isn't a racist) could be taken in by this out and out racist is anyone's guess.