Nigel Farage attacked after accusing migrants of putting Brit women at risk of sexual assault
Comes as Ukip leader set to take centre stage in referendum campaign with EU debate against David Cameron tonight
NIGEL Farage has been accused of spreading a fear of migrants after claiming they put women in Britain at risk of sexual assaults.
Former Conservative Party chairman Sayeeda Warsi has joined forces with Doreen Lawrence and Shami Chakrabarti to launch an attack on the Ukip leader.
They are demanding he makes an apology for the comments when he takes part in a televised EU debate with David Cameron on ITV tonight.
Mr Farage has come under fire his comments after claiming there were “very big cultural issues” that could mean women in the UK could be endangered.
They said Mr Farage was “spreading lies and fears” about Turkey joining the EU in a “cheap political tactic designed to cause maximum harm and convert fear into votes at whatever cost”.
“Spreading fear in this way is an age-old racist tool designed to stoke division about the latest group of immigrants arriving in Britain,” the trio added.
The three of them are on the opposite sides of the June 23 referendum debate, but were united in their belief the Ukip leader’s veiled threats of sexual assault were straying “too close for comfort to the race-hate laws”.
“In particular, his use of the term ‘nuclear bomb’ is deeply disturbing and gives away his intention to cause an explosion in the referendum debate by unleashing a weapon that acts indiscriminately; one that he is willing to detonate regardless of the wider impact on community and race relations in our country,” they added.
Their letter comes as the official remain campaign, Britain Stronger in Europe, launch a video compiling Nigel Farage’s most shocking comments, as immigration continues to dominate the debate.
A spokesman for Mr Farage said: “Inside the European Union we cannot stop bad people from coming into our country if they have EU passports.
“Turkey will have visa-free access to Europe this year with Angela Merkel and David Cameron fully supportive of full EU membership for Turkey.”
He will appear on the same programme as the Prime Minister tonight to answer questions from a studio audience on the referendum, but the pair will not go head-to head.
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