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Immigrant-hating Ukip employs Latvian migrants for leaflet drop

ACTIVISTS accused anti-immigrant Ukip of hypocrisy yesterday after the party was found to be paying eastern Europeans to deliver its leaflets.

Ukip posters and leaflets loudly warn that millions of Bulgarians and Romanians are eagerly waiting to steal British jobs.

But the head of company Fast Leaflet — which Ukip uses to distribute its immigrant-bashing propaganda in south London — said the company employs several people from eastern Europe.

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