It has been revealed that another UKIP councillor has been ejected from the party over racist views.
Rozanne Duncan, a former Conservative, allegedly told a BBC documentary maker that she had a problem with “negroes” who, she said, have “something about their faces”. UKIP bosses were reportedly alerted to the remarks, leading to her expulsion from the party just after Christmas.
Ms Duncan, 68, is alleged to have made the comments during filming for a TV documentary about UKIP recorded in South Thanet – the seat where Party leader Nigel Farage is standing in May’s general election. She has neither confirmed nor denied the accusation, while her amazing response to allegations of racism is that she is “not a racist” because she has “many Asian shopkeeper and local business friends”.
Ms Duncan said: “I was not expelled for having an ‘association with or membership of an organisation incompatible with membership of the party’, nor have I links with a far-right or any other group.
“The only group I’ve ever belonged to is the Conservative party — unless you count Mensa, the Women’s Institute or the Order of Women Freemasons.”
Describing the alleged remarks as “jaw dropping”, a UKIP spokesperson said the Party was “shocked and appalled”, adding: “As soon as we were made aware of [the remarks] we took immediate action to expel her from the party.”
Ms Duncan’s sacking comes after Nigel Farage defended former UKIP candidate Kerry Smith, who was recorded referring to a gay man as a “f***ing disgusting old poofter” and a woman with a Chinese name as a “Chinky bird”.
Prompted by the public outrage engendered by Mr Farage’s defence of his remarks, Smith eventually stood down ‘by mutual consent’.
