Farage raps media over gay rant row

Nigel Farage has accused the media of unfairly highighting the views of a UK Independence Party (Ukip) councillor about the floods and gay marriage – as he claimed the three main political parties were “scared witless” of his party.

Mr Farage initially joked about the “incredibly damaging” effect when “defectors” from the Conservative Party join Ukip and say “appalling and outrageous things” before going on to claim that the views of Henley-on-Thames councillor David Silvester had not been a “news story” until he joined Ukip from the Tories.