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'Send the lot back': UKIP councillor defends anti-immigration video comments
Further embarrassment for the party after Victoria Ayling says the UK should "send the lot back"
A video in which senior UKIP politician Victoria Ayling calls for immigrants to the UK to be sent home has been made public.
The former Conservative Party member made the comments in a video shot by her ex-husband that was intended to boost her political career.
Currently a Lincolnshire County Councillor and deputy leader of the local UKIP branch, the 54-year-old she jokes in the video that her offensive comments could be used to blackmail her.
She told the Mail on Sunday that she stands by her comments, but that they were "taken out of context" and she was only referring to illegal immigrants.
In the clip, Ayling says: "'multiculturalism doesn't work, Britishnes does," and adds in between takes: "multiculturalism is dead, I'm allowed to say that, but maybe Britishness is waving the National Front flag a bit".
She continues: "We must control immigration. We cannot sustain the numbers coming in; the strains on our infrastructure are enormous. Control should be done fairly and the points system like they have in Australia and all those coming here should be encouraged to speak English so they can integrate," adding: "I just want to send the lot back but I can't say that."
In between takes she is asked: "Do we want the French to order our troops?"
She replies: "Sod that. Just think of Waterloo, bastards."
Seen by the Sunday newspaper, the 20-minute video adds to an embarrassing year for the right wing party which saw MEP Godfrey Bloom refer to female audience members during a party conference speech as "sluts" and call developing countries "Bongo Bongo Land".
The leader of UKIP Nigel Farage last night said that Ayling's comments were "slightly odd" and admitted he did "recruit" her but was not involved in her selection as a local candidate.
"I have met her two or three times and I have discussed policy at length before accepting her into the party," he said.
"I had no reason to believe she held views that were extreme or inconsistent with ours. While this comment looks odd and unpleasant there may be a context here that is slightly different to the way it appears."