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Socialist shoppers get their chance to stick it to Farage

The radical knitter behind the whimsical Michael Gove voodoo pin cushion has now turned her needles on Nigel Farage.

Unveiling her latest crochet creation at the weekend, Katrina Stiff urged fans to make do and mend this Christmas “the vengeful way.”

She explained the woolly likeness of Ukip’s loudmouth leader has been “aggressively stuffed” to be used as a pin cushion.

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