Nigel Farage: I’m wearing a new tie every day

Nigel Farage has arrived in the West Midlands where he is campaigning today. He has revealed that he will be wearing a new tie every single day of the campaign. Today’s, a blue, geometric number, is from the back of his wardrobe, he has said.

The Ukip leader has also reacted to Tony Blair’s critque of Ukip as a nationalist party unable to “disguise its mean spirit”.

Mr Farage says: “Well bravo Tony Blair for raising the issue, because the last four or five general elections Eu membership has barely been discussed at all. It has been swept under the carpet, so I am really pleased that he has put it on the table and wants to talk about it.”