Ukip under fire for choosing candidate who called Islam evil Selection of Anne Marie Waters, ex-deupty leader of far-right group Pegida, reveals 'grubby, true face' of party, says Tim Farron
Ukip has been accused of "grubbing around in the gutter" for votes after the party selected a parliamentary candidate who has described Islam as evil.
Anne Marie Waters, an activist from the anti-Islam Pegida movement, has also praised the far-right leaders Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders.
It follows Ukip's decision to campaign on banning the full-face veil and sharia courts. The move by Ukip's leader, Paul Nuttall, to focus his party on an "integration agenda" – which also calls for mandatory medical checks on schoolgirls at risk of female genital mutilation – has prompted some disquiet among senior figures.