Ukip allowed racists and violent criminals to stand at election

Ukip ‘allowed racists, homophobes, violent criminals and a PORN STAR to stand as prospective MPs and councillors at the last election

Ukip accused of allowing racists and homophobes to stand as candidates
Leaked dossier shows party was aware contenders had criminal pasts
At least five of candidates who stood last May were convicted for violence
Porn star John Langley stood as a Ukip councillor in Bristol with the blessing of party officials - who also knew he was convicted of assault

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Ukip has been accused of allowing racists, homophobes, violent criminals and an adult film star with a criminal past to stand as candidates during the last election.
A leaked dossier seen by The Times suggests the beleaguered party was fully aware of the controversial backgrounds of some prospective MPs and councillors - but encouraged them to stand for election nonetheless.
All together 47 Ukip candidates, including 11 people run for Parliament, were allowed to stand for the party despite having 'black marks' against their names.

At least 14 of the candidates who stood last May had violent pasts - five of those had been convicted in court for offences including assault and grievous bodily harm.
Porn star John Langley, who performs under the name of Johnny Rockard, stood as a Ukip councillor in Bristol last May with the blessing of party officials.
It later emerged he was convicted in 1986 for assaulting his 13-year-old stepson and as a result was placed on a child-harm register for life.
Despite this Ukip officials backed his campaign and he only left the party after it was revealed he filmed a public sex scene in a Bristol park - just weeks after he came third in election.


The Eurosceptic party's internal records show a further 23 candidates had expressed sexist, racist, homophobic or Islamaphobic views, and at least one was a supporter of the far-right English Defence League.
That candidate also wrote that the Prophet Mohammed was a 'criminal psychopath'.

Another candidate posted a picture online of two people posing with monkeys, with the caption: 'Arranged interracial marriage.'
Other candidates who were allowed to stand included someone who had spoken at a 'gay cure' event, Facebook users who had shared far-right videos, and a farmer who was convicted of animal cruelty.
The Times reports that in most cases candidates were at first blocked from standing, but upon appeal - where they were often backed by senior Ukip officials - they were told they were allowed to stand.
Of 200 candidates who were blocked by David Soutter, Ukip's head of candidates in 2014, 128 challenged their rejection - and 115 were allowed to run.
Mr Soutter, former chief of staff for TV presenter turned politician Robert Kilroy-Silk, was hired to try and prevent damaging scandals involving Ukip candidates following a number of embarrassing gaffes.
As part of the scheme candiadtes were told to reveal any criminal convictions, hand over their social media log-in details and were saked to declare any membership or affiliation with any other political parties or pressure groups.
Leaked internal documents also revealed other party members who applied for selection included drug dealers, a convicted murderer and a sex offender.
Two Ukip prospective MPs had previously been convicted of assault, three prospective councillors were convicted of harassment, breaking and entering and blackmail.
During last year's General Election Ukip won 3.8million votes but just one MP.
It is currently campaigning for an 'out' vote in the referendum.
A Ukip spokesman said: 'Our candidates team looked at thousands of candidates last year and generally associations such as this would raise a red flag.
'Discretion was held by the then head of candidates, Mr Soutter.'