Tommy Robinson appointed as Ukip's 'grooming gangs adviser'

Leader Gerard Batten’s announcement of role for far-right campaigner shifts party yet further in populist direction
The Ukip leader, Gerard Batten, has appointed the anti-lslam activist Tommy Robinson as an official adviser, further cementing the party’s move towards the far right.Batten said the founder of the far-right activist group the English Defence League, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, would advise him on grooming gangs and prisons. Continue reading...