This is Farage today speaking about the Conservative Party attempting to get Brexit party candidates to stand down:
What is going on right now is nothing short of disgraceful. There is a full-scale attempt, going on out there as I speak, to stop men and women, freely, putting themselves up before the UK electorate. You would have thought this was Venezuela.
And that is what is happening. Our people, men and women – much like these on the platform here – who put themselves forward are now coming under relentless phone calls, email and abuse, and being told they must stand down. That is happening in 21st Britain. I think that is a complete and utter disgrace.
Remind me who stopped over 300 candidates, without consulting, from standing.
And people still have faith in him. Incredible.