Nigel Farage defends his remarks about Romania

In an interview for Good Morning Britain, the UKIP leader Nigel Farage has defended controversial remarks he made about Romanians.

I've got a problem with Romania, a very big problem with Romania. I've been there, there are 3 million people there in the minority who are treated appallingly, they can't get jobs, they can't get housing, they live in the most extraordinary conditions and they have fallen victim, many of them have fallen victim to an organised crime gang network.

All I'm saying is this - shouldn't we be able at Dover - to stop known criminal gangs from entering Britain?

On not turning up in Croydon last night he said:

I've had a month, helter skelter all over the UK. I was on the way to Eastleigh last night and didn't go to Croydon, and it's a good job i didn't. There are people out there who're determined to stop UKIP, we are posing a threat to the establishment. These are funded organisations - predominantly by the trade unions - who want to stop me speaking.

We also spoke to him about the UKIP voting records:

I think this is a bit, to be honest, a bit unfair because unless you hadn't noticed I had a plane crash, I've had major surgery and I've missed a lot of this parliament through bad health.

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