Ukip spy who infiltrated protest group 'tried to encourage abuse of Farage'
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Ukip spy who infiltrated protest group 'tried to encourage abuse of Farage'
Party admits it sent informant into Thanet branch of Stand Up to Ukip during election campaign, and protesters claim he urged them to deface posters
Ukip sent a spy to obtain “information from the inside” on an anti-Nigel Farage protest group, where campaigners say he tried to encourage activists to deface posters and heckle outside meetings.
The party admitted that it had sent an informant into the Thanet branch of the “Stand Up to Ukip” group during the election campaign, following what the party described as “a series of threatening attacks against Mr Farage in the run-up”.
It added: “In order to provide reasonable security it was of course necessary to have information from the inside. In order to do this it was important to gain the trust of the activists, an approach used by a great many security operations tasked with protecting the safety and well being of a targeted individual.”
The party’s statement comes after campaigners in the Stand Up to Ukip group uncovered the spy after finding a photograph of him standing next to Farage and his close protection officers on a Ukip members’ Facebook page.
They said they were always suspicious of a man claiming to be called “Edward Johnson” who turned up for a few of their meetings this year in Farage’s target seat of South Thanet, saying he was a builder from Essex.
But the Stand Up to Ukip group claims the insider went even further than just trying to infiltrate their activities and tried to encourage the campaigners to behave badly and abuse Farage, which could potentially have discredited them.
Text messages from “Edward Johnson” provided by Thanet Stand Up to Ukip urged one campaigner to help him deface Ukip posters. This read: “Alright mate I done a bit of defacing last night at the billboards only a bit as there was quite a lot of people about also saw some more that havnt been touched next to asda in town what do you think ? They mega offend Me what say you pal ??? You have some friends that might want to help ?”
Another read: “Hey dude i just saw farage the barrage down broadstairs beach gave him some shit which he didn’t like lol I over heard he was coming back down in an hour if you wanna come down and give him some Abuse ?? tell your mates.”
The campaigners said “Edward Johnson” even provided them with a list of public meetings that Farage would be attending.
After searching the internet for the mobile number used by “Edward Johnson”, the Stand Up to Ukip campaigners found it was listed on the website of someone called John Hutchins, whose Twitter biography says he is a close protection officer.
A LinkedIn page for one John Hutchins said a man of that name has since January worked for Secura Associates, the company used by Farage to provide his security.
Secura Associates and Hutchins have not responded to requests for comment about the allegations.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/16/ukip-spy-who-infiltrated-protest-group-tried-to-encourage-abuse-of-farage
LOL, there is photos of the man all over the net with Farage, not very clever!
Ukip sent a spy to obtain “information from the inside” on an anti-Nigel Farage protest group, where campaigners say he tried to encourage activists to deface posters and heckle outside meetings.
The party admitted that it had sent an informant into the Thanet branch of the “Stand Up to Ukip” group during the election campaign, following what the party described as “a series of threatening attacks against Mr Farage in the run-up”.
It added: “In order to provide reasonable security it was of course necessary to have information from the inside. In order to do this it was important to gain the trust of the activists, an approach used by a great many security operations tasked with protecting the safety and well being of a targeted individual.”
The party’s statement comes after campaigners in the Stand Up to Ukip group uncovered the spy after finding a photograph of him standing next to Farage and his close protection officers on a Ukip members’ Facebook page.
They said they were always suspicious of a man claiming to be called “Edward Johnson” who turned up for a few of their meetings this year in Farage’s target seat of South Thanet, saying he was a builder from Essex.
But the Stand Up to Ukip group claims the insider went even further than just trying to infiltrate their activities and tried to encourage the campaigners to behave badly and abuse Farage, which could potentially have discredited them.
Text messages from “Edward Johnson” provided by Thanet Stand Up to Ukip urged one campaigner to help him deface Ukip posters. This read: “Alright mate I done a bit of defacing last night at the billboards only a bit as there was quite a lot of people about also saw some more that havnt been touched next to asda in town what do you think ? They mega offend Me what say you pal ??? You have some friends that might want to help ?”
Another read: “Hey dude i just saw farage the barrage down broadstairs beach gave him some shit which he didn’t like lol I over heard he was coming back down in an hour if you wanna come down and give him some Abuse ?? tell your mates.”
The campaigners said “Edward Johnson” even provided them with a list of public meetings that Farage would be attending.
After searching the internet for the mobile number used by “Edward Johnson”, the Stand Up to Ukip campaigners found it was listed on the website of someone called John Hutchins, whose Twitter biography says he is a close protection officer.
A LinkedIn page for one John Hutchins said a man of that name has since January worked for Secura Associates, the company used by Farage to provide his security.
Secura Associates and Hutchins have not responded to requests for comment about the allegations.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/16/ukip-spy-who-infiltrated-protest-group-tried-to-encourage-abuse-of-farage
LOL, there is photos of the man all over the net with Farage, not very clever!
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Re: Ukip spy who infiltrated protest group 'tried to encourage abuse of Farage'
Reminds me of the woman who carved a "B" into her own face and claimed an Obama supporter (who of course was black) did it to her after seeing a McCain/Palin bumper sticker on her car.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Todd_mugging_hoax
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Todd_mugging_hoax
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