Ukip suspends councillor who made gay marriage slurs
Ukip has suspended councillor David Silvester, who claimed that recent flooding was the result of the decision to legalise gay marriage.
Ukip has suspended councillor David Silvester, who claimed that recent flooding was the result of the decision to legalise gay marriage.
British voters regard the UK Independence Party (Ukip) more favourably than they do the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats, according to a ComRes poll for the Sunday Mirror and Independent on Sunday .
Nigel Farage's party held a 1% lead over Labour and a 2% lead over the Tories in a poll to find out whether voters had a favourable or unfavourable view of them.
While 27% of the 2,029 people polled viewed Ukip favourably, just 14% held a favourable view of the Liberal Democrats.
Ukip is also the party regarded least unfavourably, with 38% of those polled having an "unfavourable view" of it, compared with 45% for Labour, 49% for the Lib Dems and 50% for the Conservatives.
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