Ukip leader 'appalled' at false Hillsborough claim on his website
Ukip leader Paul Nuttall has said he is "appalled and very sorry" at a false claim on his personal website that he lost close personal friends in the Hillsborough disaster.
Ukip leader Paul Nuttall has said he is "appalled and very sorry" at a false claim on his personal website that he lost close personal friends in the Hillsborough disaster.
Ukip donor Arron Banks has Tweeted a bizarre string of comments about the Hillsborough disaster.
It comes after Ukip leader Paul Nuttall admitted that he didn't have close friends who died at the disaster.
Steve Kelly, who lost his brother Michael at the Hillsborough disaster said:
I'm appalled by Nuttall's comments. If he was there why didn't he support the campaigning for answers.
I also finds Arron Banks's comments hugely offensive and ill informed.
At a time when the families of the victims are waiting to see whether the Crown Prosecution Service will prosecute those responsible, comments like these are not helpful
Nigel Farage has described multi-millionaire Ukip backer Arron Banks as a "good friend" despite his Hillsborough gaffe comments.
Paul Nuttall's website has been taken offline days after criticism for posts which wrongly claimed he lost close friends at Hillsborough
Paul Nuttall has kept on a colleague who took the blame for a false claim he lost "close personal friends" in the Hillsborough disaster.