ANTI-FASCIST campaigners hit back yesterday at Nigel Farrage’s “scandalous” accusations of violence.

The ubiquitous far-right party leader used BBC Sunday Politics to complain that groups such as Hope Not Hate and Unite Against Fascism “are banging me over the head with banners.”

Mr Farage — who also defended a Ukip local candidate recent homophobic remarks — went on to suggest that both organisations were “headed up by senior Labour Party figures” and “acted in a violent way more than once.”