UKIP’s Croydon carnival this afternoon drew in the Lobby (after lunch), sketch writers, Michael Crick, steel drummers and assorted protesters. First the steel drummers stopped playing because they said they didn’t know it was a UKIP event. Then Nigel Farage decided not to come, citing “security reasons”. Finally, Winston McKenzie, UKIP spokesman and candidate for Croydon council, ended the day by sharing with the crowd his conclusion that Croydon is “unsafe and a dump”. Poor old Winston is getting a hard time from fairweather, disloyal splitters, so Guido thought he would give his old campaign video a plug:

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If that isn’t enough to win your vote…