Caught on camera: ‘Green activists’ rip out Ukip newspaper adds

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People who described as “Green activists” have been filmed ripping out Ukip advertisements from a local Brighton newspaper.

Caroline Lucas, the party’s only MP, is seeking reelection in the city next week.

According to the Brighton and Hove Independent a pile of newspapers was standing on the paper’s reception desk awaiting delivery when three visitors “quickly and neatly” tore out every single Ukip advert from the paper.

Kevin Smith, UKIP’s parliamentary candidate for Hove, described the incident as “absolutely disgraceful”.

The paper reports:

After we showed the video to some of Ms Lucas’s closest advisers, the party’s response was unequivocal: “We know that passion is important in politics. But however strongly we oppose the policies and rhetoric of UKIP, we will condemn any attempt to prevent them from having their fair say in this election.