Such a stupid and audacious attempt to win votes. It's amazing he thought he would get away with it and spoke so openly about it. He first attempts to intentionally stir-up hatred so he can claim to have defused it, would then use the positive news story to further his career while at Westminster, promised to act in the best interests of the EDL when he got into power?
Even if it did work how long would the EDL have keep quiet about it? Why did he trust them so much that he told them the entire plan without a hint of evasiveness or obfuscation?
The entire thing seems like a plot of House of Cards.
Still at least this was caught early before he got in. It also looks like he has finished any prospects for the Conservatives in winning that seat from Labour and the election is going to be so close that each lost seat can be very costly.
EDIT: Even more interesting is this Ashcroft poll from Dudley North from December:
http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2015/01/dudley-north/
Tories abandon them in the wake of this scandal and UKIP are going to win the seat.
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And UKIP at still at 7/2 to win the seat! Time for a bet me thinks
