Ukip has suspended former deputy chairman Suzanne Evans after she signed a petition opposing the selection of a candidate who compared homosexuals to Nazis.
Evans, who Nigel Farage appointed as temporary leader last year before reneging on his resignation, was one of 167 people to call on Ukip to deselect Alan Craig as the UKIP London Assembly candidate for South West London.
Craig, who was leader of the Christian Peoples Alliance before joining Ukip, has in the past described homosexuals as “gay-rights storm troopers” and the “Gaystapo”, and claimed society is now “crushed under the pink jack-boot.”
Evans signed a petition calling for him to be axed as a candidate, and wrote: “Very sorry to hear about this: our selection process has clearly failed here.”
The petition was also signed a ‘Jane Collins’ from Brough in the East Riding of Yorkshire. A UKIP MEP for Yorkshire is called Jane Collins. It is not known if she faces a similar disciplinary hearing.
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https://reportuk.org/2016/03/23/suzanne-evans-suspended-by-ukip-after-she-called-for-candidate-who-compared-gays-to-nazis-to-be-axed/
