Lib
Dem activists were given a briefing note saying they must remember “not to
panic” when they come across a Ukip voter even though many will “simply be
repulsed by their anti-Europeanism and racism.”
The leaked document was given to members in the run up to May’s council and European elections and explains how to spot a Ukip voter when out canvassing.
It also warns there is no “silver-bullet” to stop Lib Dem voters from switching to Nigel Farage’s party.
The document, produced by the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors and the party's head office, instructs activists to talk up the value of the UK being part of the EU and tell voters that “leaving would put three million jobs at risk.”
The document was intended for Lib Dem election campaigns staff, and not for the public domain.
The Lib Dems are facing the possibility of losing all 12 of their MEPs in the Euro elections on May 22, and will be defending more than 700 council seats on the same day.
A ComRes opinion poll published yesterday put the Lib Dems in fourth place - one point behind third placed Ukip.
A Ukip spokeswoman said: "Only an ignorant person would accuse Ukip of bring racist.
"To say that people would be repulsed by the views of Ukip supporters - i.e wanting to run our own country and decides who lives, settles and works here, shows just why that party are languishing in the polls.
The leaked document was given to members in the run up to May’s council and European elections and explains how to spot a Ukip voter when out canvassing.
It also warns there is no “silver-bullet” to stop Lib Dem voters from switching to Nigel Farage’s party.
The document, produced by the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors and the party's head office, instructs activists to talk up the value of the UK being part of the EU and tell voters that “leaving would put three million jobs at risk.”
The document was intended for Lib Dem election campaigns staff, and not for the public domain.
The Lib Dems are facing the possibility of losing all 12 of their MEPs in the Euro elections on May 22, and will be defending more than 700 council seats on the same day.
A ComRes opinion poll published yesterday put the Lib Dems in fourth place - one point behind third placed Ukip.
A Ukip spokeswoman said: "Only an ignorant person would accuse Ukip of bring racist.
"To say that people would be repulsed by the views of Ukip supporters - i.e wanting to run our own country and decides who lives, settles and works here, shows just why that party are languishing in the polls.
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