UPDATE: UKIP man attacks Muslim head wear

THE UKIP general election candidate for Torridge and West Devon says multiculturalism is unacceptable and women who insist on wearing Muslim head coverings should consider “going home”.

Robin Julian, a former soldier and police officer, made the comments during an exclusive interview with the Journal.

Speaking about UKIP’s call for a ban on women wearing Islamic head coverings in public buildings and some private buildings, Mr Julian said: “This Government is the only one which has created the terrorism in this country by the sheer influx of people coming in here.

“You’ve seen where suicidal people are all covered up and you don’t know if it’s a male or a female. You could be robbed. You could be mugged. You can’t identify anybody.

“You’re in a British country. We don’t have things like that. If you insist you want to wear a burka then I suggest if you’re not happy here, go home.

“We’ve got foreign criminal gangs here that are on drugs, it’s a different culture, and are exploiting the youngsters as sex slaves. It might be fine in their country but it is not British culture. It’s got to be stamped on with a giant foot.”

Asked about multiculturalism he said: “Multiculturalism is where everybody is coming here, speaks their own language and doesn’t recognise the British system and the way of life.

“We can’t have people preaching against the British; they should be expelled straight away. If you come here, you should blend in with the British people.

“It’s important if you want to be here then you follow the Christian way of life and the way we live. If you don’t like it, nobody’s saying you must stay. You can always go.”

Asked to comment on UKIP’s multiculturalism and burka policies, the North Devon UKIP candidate, Stephen Crowther, said: “We are not in any respect interested in this idea of ‘indigenous Anglo-Saxons’; let’s face it, the Anglo-Saxons aren’t indigenous anyway. We’re interested in people sharing a culture of Britishness rather than being ghettoised and set against each other.”

On the burka ban idea, he said: “It’s not controversial if you cross out the word ‘burka’ and put ‘crash helmet’. That’s all we’re saying.”