After the Mail on Sunday’s awkward front page about Ukip Councillor Victoria Ayling’s apparently unsavoury views, Nigel Farage has sent an email around to party members complaining about the story and reassuring them that Ayling’s views have been distorted. Here is the text of the email:
‘I am sure many of you are aware of the attack by the Mail on Sunday on a Ukip Councillor this weekend.
‘I firstly want to reassure you that I believe this attack on Victoria Ayling to be unwarranted, and have the utmost sympathy with her. Her words on immigration it would appear were deliberately distorted and taken out of context in order to paint a very nasty picture. She has personally assured me that this is the case and I have no reason to doubt her. As a result I believe it is fair to say she is the victim of an extremely unpleasant political attack.
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