VIDEO: Ukip candidate suspended after claims he threatened to shoot his rival

Ukip has suspended a UK General Election candidate for ``abhorrent'' abuse about a rival - including racial slurs and a threat to shoot him should he ever become prime minister.

VIDEO: Ukip candidate suspended after claims he threatened to shoot his rival

Ukip has suspended a UK General Election candidate for ``abhorrent'' abuse about a rival - including racial slurs and a threat to shoot him should he ever become prime minister.

The Daily Mirror published a video of Robert Blay speaking to its investigators about Tory opponent Ranil Jayawardena at a public meeting on Saturday in Ramsgate addressed by party leader Nigel Farage.

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