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Clowns, idiots and bigots – it must be the Ukip conference

POLICE across the country have been inundated with anxious calls this week, boroughs missing their bigot quotients, villages bereft of idiots.

It looked set to be a mystery for the ages until Paul Nuttall popped up on the radio like a particularly unwelcome turd in a children’s swimming pool and suddenly the veils were parted.

Yes it could mean only one thing — the annual numpty-fest that is the Ukip conference is once again in full swing.

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