Writing
in The Independent, the Ukip leader claimed that Labour and the BNP behaved as
if they "owned" certain sections of the working-class. He claimed council house
residents were told to take down Ukip posters, because they should not be
displayed on "our houses"."This is a situation which political parties should be ashamed of," said Mr Farage. "People fought and died for our liberty and democracy and we must not ever allow politics to be tainted by such poor and in some cases criminal behaviour, where free and fair campaigning is distorted by threats of violence and damage.
"It is something that particularly emanates from the left. Far from being the party of the people, the party of the workers, the party of the ordinary men and women of the UK, the left wing risks - particularly at grassroots levels - becoming a movement that uses the sort of bullying it feigns to oppose in big business and among the elite." (Labour have made denials.)
Mr Farage has complained of verbal abuse and criminal
damage against his supporters in the campaign, which he said had been "as dirty
as they come".