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    Boing Boing‏Verified account @BoingBoing 27 Apr 2014

    UKIP candidate tells Lenny Henry to move to a "black country"; party says reporting this is a "smear campaign"http://dlvr.it/5Vn1DL 

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      1. Patchouli Woollahra‏ @PatchouliW 27 Apr 2014
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        @BoingBoing @doctorow well of course it's a smear campaign. What else are people going to do with that shit in their ears?

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      1. overthewire‏ @overthewire 27 Apr 2014
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        @BoingBoing Lenny Henry is from THE Black Country. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Country …

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      1. linda - inger  👿‏ @girlgooner 28 Apr 2014
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        @BoingBoing @QueenofSuburbia @doctorow - what! Honestly what twats they are (UKIP)!

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      2. Marjorie‏ @Marjorie73 27 Apr 2014
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        @BoingBoing @Suttope yes, how dare the media make factually accurate statements about racists being racist!

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      3. Peter Sutton‏ @Suttope 27 Apr 2014
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        @Marjorie73 @BoingBoing quite. It's sad that they are seen as "a bit of a jokey party" & therefore mostly harmless!

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      1. Mark Slattery‏ @maycontaingeeks 27 Apr 2014
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        @BoingBoing I'll take one Lenny Henry over 100 UKIP dicks any day.

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      2. Tim Ward #FBPE‏ @TimWardCam 27 Apr 2014
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        @BoingBoing @auntysarah Smear? - don't think they realise that doing due diligence on opponents is a bog standard part of the party machine-

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      3. Tim Ward #FBPE‏ @TimWardCam 27 Apr 2014
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        @BoingBoing @auntysarah -just like they don't realise that vetting candidates for being bonkers is a bog standard part of the party machine.

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      1. ᴍʀ. ᴊᴀᴍᴇs ʜ. ʙᴀᴄʜᴍᴀɴ, ᴇsǫ.‏ @MrJamesBachman 27 Apr 2014
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        @BoingBoing @doctorow He must mean the West Midlands.

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      1. Lynda Waltho‏ @Lynda_Waltho 27 Apr 2014
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        @BoingBoing @SLATUKIP am I missing something? Lenny Henry's from the 'capital' of the Black Country-Dudley & we're all mighty proud of it!

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      1. Naïve Pliable or Crazy #freeAssange‏ @highqoo 27 Apr 2014
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        @BoingBoing the BBC had given UKIP lots of attention in last year, and that's why they appear to be racist idiots. scratch a UKIPer & ...

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