Nigel Farage fails to attend Croydon rally as Ukip carnival erupts

Nigel Farage fails to attend Croydon rally as Ukip carnival erupts
Party leader stays away from election rally after arguments break out in street and candidate describes town as a dump



Nigel Farage has failed to turn up to his mini street carnival in Croydon after rows broke out in the street over whether his party was racist and one of his local candidates described the town as an unsafe dump.

The event quickly turned into a farce as two members of a hired steel band said they were uncomfortable about playing at the event. Marlon Hibbert, whose parents are Jamaican, said he thought Ukip was racist and he had had no idea it was Farage's party that made the booking.

Crowds gathered around Ukip supporters, including one of the party's most prominent black activists Winston McKenzie, a Croydon council candidate, who used a megaphone to say he was proud to back the party. But he was interrupted by two Romanian protesters, who declined to give their names, accusing Ukip of being a Nazi party. He was also confronted by resident Anthony St Croix, who demanded to know why a Ukip candidate had talked about sending Lenny Henry back to a "black country".

As McKenzie was mobbed by the media, arguments began to break out between supporters and passers-by over whether Ukip's policies and its supporters public comments discriminated against immigrants.

After an hour, it became clear Farage was unlikely to attend, with one aide attributing his non-appearance to security concerns.

Asked whether Farage was frightened of attending, McKenzie, who is standing in Croydon North, said: "If he hasn't turned up he is a very sensible man. It just shows how successive governments have continued to fail communities like Croydon.

"Croydon, which was once the place to be, the place to shop, has now become, sadly, a dump … How can you ask an international leader to turn up somewhere where he feels unsafe?"

He later added: "It would seem Nigel has probably decided not to come down here today. When you weigh up the situation, this a very sensible man. Croydon has deteriorated over the years under successive Labour and Tory governments and now we have a coalition where it has descended into depravity … It wouldn't feel safe."

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/20/nigel-farage-fails-attend-croydon-rally-ukip-carnival

What a complete coward!

No balls that man. No balls and no policies.

There was nothing to attend! It had to be abandoned due to the nazi-like tactics of the left wing rabble. Imagine if it were a Labour Party meeting and the EDL/BNP had behaved in this way. I can just imagine the outrage on here!!

A UKIP carnival descended into chaos this afternoon after party candidates clashed with protestors and a pre-booked steel band refused to play at the event.

Mr McKenzie, a former amateur boxing champion and one of Ukip's most high profile black members, clashed with black teenagers in a debate over whether he was a leader of the community while also being in the party. A steel band, Endurance Steel, which had been hired to play, walked out amid reports that they had not been told they would be playing for Ukip.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/477054/Ukip-carnival-abandoned-as-supporters-and-protesters-clash-and-steel-band-refuse-to-play

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Never laughed so much at such a poor article from the Express, where now Romanians protested at being demonized, yes you are right about Nazism with UKIP and how people refused to play for what they constitute as nothing short or a repeat of barbarism to this nation that people once thought died off centuries ago.


I love how they word everything, clashed in a debate, wow were the words so heated this now constitutes a riot?

PMSL

Don't people realise that the more ukip are demonised in the media the more people will vote for them.The british will always stick up for who they see as the underdog.

Tesstacious wrote:There was nothing to attend! It had to be abandoned due to the nazi-like tactics of the left wing rabble. Imagine if it were a Labour Party meeting and the EDL/BNP had behaved in this way. I can just imagine the outrage on here!!
A UKIP carnival descended into chaos this afternoon after party candidates clashed with protestors and a pre-booked steel band refused to play at the event.
Mr McKenzie, a former amateur boxing champion and one of Ukip's most high profile black members, clashed with black teenagers in a debate over whether he was a leader of the community while also being in the party. A steel band, Endurance Steel, which had been hired to play, walked out amid reports that they had not been told they would be playing for Ukip.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/477054/Ukip-carnival-abandoned-as-supporters-and-protesters-clash-and-steel-band-refuse-to-play

Leftie fascists at it again, silencing any viewthat doesn't conform to their views.

nicko wrote:Don't people realise that the more ukip are demonised in the media the more people will vote for them.The british will always stick up for who they see as the underdog.

Hi Nicko 


i think the opposite will happen as people start to wake up to the real views of UKIP.

They will get the protest vote this week, that is all, and have even noticed this week a dip in their polling for both the EU elections and general elections, The tide is beginning to turn and this is not about demonizing, but exposing some home truths

Smear campaign.

There is no need to smear UKIP, they do it all by themselves.

Lib lab con and their cosy alliance are all working as hard as they can to smear UKIP.



They are running scared.

UKIP are champions as smearing themselves. Nobody else has to lift a finger.