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Farage ‘has no evidence to prove claims’
Bitter Ukip leader’s Oldham comments dismissed
UKIP chiefs admitted yesterday that they have not found evidence to substantiate Nigel Farage’s allegation that electoral fraud caused a crushing by-election defeat.
Mr Farage claimed he had evidence from “impeccable sources” that “bent” postal votes skewed the result of last week’s Oldham West and Royton by-election.
Despite his predictions that Ukip could make a breakthrough, Ukip candidate John Bickley finished more than 10,000 votes behind Labour victor Jim McMahon.
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