The 12 ways in which Ukip is the gift that keeps on giving

Ukip (remember them?) are back in the news after an MEP advised the party's youth wing to emulate Adolf Hitler when delivering speeches. As you do.

Nigel Farage once said the party he leads doesn't have a 'monopoly on stupid people'.

But while anyone with even a passing interest in Westminster politics will know that Ukip doesn't have a monopoly on stupidity, the below evidence suggests they have at least a Risk or a Hungry Hungry Hippos on it.

1

The worst definition of racism, ever.

2

'For any cash-strapped Moslems reading this.' Um...

Click here for a larger image of the (genuine) classified ad.

3

Godfrey Bloom: Exhibit A.

4

Awkward turtle.

Read the full story here.

5

Godfrey Bloom: Exhibit B.

6

Best. Excuse. Ever.

More on that story here.

7

From the pen of Ukip's 'immigration spokesperson'.

Read the full story here.

8

Nope.

9

This one actually has a happy ending.

10

Probably the most comprehensive Ukip scandal on the list.

11

Nigel Farage may not have been a punk in the 1980s, but he might have been branded a fascist and a racist while at school.

Nigel Farage - 1981 school letter by Channel4News

12

'You try to turn everything into a joke.' No. Further. Questions. Case. Closed.

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