The UK Independence Party’s candidate in Eastleigh has apologised after making remarks which linked Romanian immigrants with a natural propensity towards crime.
Diane James, a borough councillor from Surrey who only joined the party in 2010, has called for a freeze on all immigration. Launching her campaign this morning, she argued that there was a problem with “the crime associated with Romanians” and suggested that areas with large numbers of Romanian immigrants have high crime rates.