(1) Ukip acts immediately in circumstances such as these.” In the footage, Blay is heard to express his frustration with suggestions that Jayawardena has a bright political career ahead of him and especially at the possibility that he could rise to be Britain’s first prime minister of Asian descent.
(2) If he is, I will personally put a bullet between his eyes,” says Blay.
(3) It makes me quite sick,” said Blay of the situation.
(4) Footage of Blay’s exchange with a Daily Mirror reporter , which reportedly took place outside an event at which the Ukip leader, Nigel Farage, was speaking, was posted on the newspaper’s website on Tuesday evening.
(5) In the video, Blay said: “He’s planned the birth of the child, there’s no doubt about that”.
(6) I hope to contribute positively to our country by representing my community – the community in which I grew up – in parliament.” In the footage, Blay is heard attacking Jayawardena’s heritage, saying: “His family have only been here since the 70s.
(7) In an expletive-laden rant, Robert Blay said the Conservative party’s candidate in North East Hampshire, Ranil Jayawardena, was “not British enough to be in our parliament” and accused him of timing the birth of his child to coincide with the general election.
(8) A Ukip spokesman said: “Mr Blay has been suspended with immediate effect.