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UKIP MEP's home is attacked with bricks

The east London home of Gerard Batten was attacked and a brick thrown through his living room window in the small hours of yesterday morning.

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Attack on Batten home 'attempt to intimidate activists'

Gerard Batten claims it it the latest of a series of attempts to intimidate UKIP activists and campaigners across the UK.

UKIP MEP Gerard Batten

Gerard Batten added:

"We have seen UKIP premises vandalised, billboards destroyed and elected representatives, campaigners and activists targeted with physical and verbal abuse. Many if not all of these attacks appear to have been driven by the hard left and their allies operating under the guise of 'anti-racism'."

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