Ukip urges members to avoid use of social media

Ukip members have been urged to steer clear of using social media following a series of scandals over inappropriate comments.

Party chairman Steve Crowther said his approach to social media was “just don’t” as Ukip updated its rules aimed at controlling the use of its logo on the internet.

Ukip members and supporters have been involved in several rows over their online activity, but Nigel Farage’s party has also been the target of spoof accounts using its logo.