Paul Nuttall, Ukip Leader, Condemns 'Evil Smears' Over Hillsborough Disaster Claims

Paul Nuttall has wiped away a tear during a speech in which he attacked “evil smears” about his claim he witnessed the Hillsborough disaster.
Ukip pose the greatest threat to Labour in Stoke-on-Trent Central, where voters go to the polls on February 23, but Nuttall’s campaign has been overshadowed by allegations he lied that he was at the 1989 stadium disaster and had “close personal friends” among the 96 who died.
Nuttall has since admitted he did not lose clo