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Article: Farage defends ex-nf member over e-mail
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- Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
- Article date:
- March 24, 2007
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Ukip leader Nigel Farage has defended the decision to allow a
former National Front activist to join his party - and threaten
Westcountry MPs with losing their seats.
This week the WMN revealed that former British tennis ace Buster
Mottram had written to a number of MPs warning they could be
"decapitated" at the next election if they do not sign up to the
"Better Off Out" campaign.
Torridge and West Devon MP Geoffrey Cox spoke out, accusing the
party of trying to "cheat the ballot box" through an "utterly
sickening, nasty tactic".
Since then a number of voters have questioned why Mr Mottram -
once quoted in an interview saying the National Front "is the party
of common sense" - was allowed ...