Ukip heckle journalist asking about lack of black faces in their manifesto

12:49 PM

A journalist from The Telegraph has been booed and shouted down when he asked Nigel Farage why the only black face in the Ukip manifesto is on the page about international aid – which the party intends to cut.

Christopher Hope said he was inspired to ask Mr Farage about the lack of black faces in manifesto after Channel 4 News’ Michael Crick was hit over the head by former Ukip member Godfrey Bloom for raising a similar question.

Ukip say that after the question was asked ‘dozens’ of black, Asian & ethnic candidates stood up around him.

Chris Hope of @Telegraph says why only one mixed race in manifesto (me) dozens of black, Asian & ethnic #UKIP candidates stand up around him

— Steven Woolfe MEP (@Steven_Woolfe) April 15, 2015

Dear Labour, Tories, Lib Dems: here are our full manifesto costings. Will you show us yours now? http://t.co/NOOrmXl5Ob

— Suzanne Evans (@SuzanneEvans1) April 15, 2015

Interestingly, among all the other Ukip faces featured in the manifesto, there is one clearly missing – Mark Reckless, one of Ukip’s two MPs, who did not turn up to the manifesto launch either.

Here are all the Ukip politicians featured in the manifesto: