Hampstead & Kilburn UKIP candidate attacks Islam and admires former EDL leader

Magnus Nielsen, the UKIP candidate in Hampstead and Kilburn, is up to his neck in controversy again this weekend.

The Camden New Journal LINK yesterday published extracts from an 'address to voters'in which Nielsen says:

Although, I am not 'a Prophet', I can see from the trends of the past 25 years show that Britain is slowly but inexorably falling under the domination of Islam - or, I should say, to the self-appointed 'community leaders' who represent Islam - with the silent and invisible certainty of carbon monoxide poisoning.

In a further comment on the EDL he says his repsonse...

....has been equivocal, largely on account of the poor tactics, lack of self-discipline and their failure of its organisers to exclude a publicity-seeking hooligan element from their ranks. However, I applaud the aims and intentions of its former leader, the young man calling himself 'Tommy Robinson', his personal courage in the face of repeated threats to his safety and the safety of his family, and his perseverance against the ill-informed, biased and distorted criticism that he continuously receives from the media. Whether I succeed or fail in my bid to win this seat, I also shall be ready to join with those who are organising ( by peaceful and law-abiding methods) to raise awareness of the menace that Islam poses to the future of our society.

As the CNJ points out Nielsen has been silent on these views at the many H&K hustings.  This means that they have not been open to public scrutiny and debate.

Yet another example of the UKIP mask slipping.

Shahrar Ali challenges UKIP's Magnus Nielsen on overseas aid

UKIP candidate Magnus Nielsen  (Hampstead and Kilburn) told people attending last night's Catholic hustings at the Church of Transfiguration, Kensal Rise, that they should dig into their own pockets to provide Overseas Aid, reducing addressing inequality to a personal matter rather than a government obligation.

Green candidate Shahrar Ali (Brent Central)  responded by saying that world poverty was a systemic issue based on inequality and globalisation that would be worsened by climate change.

Nielsen has a history of controversy, particularly regarding Islam LINK and  appears quite a different kettle of fish to the apparently rather more benign Stephen Priestley, standing for UKIP in Brent Central.

The Daily Mirror has published a video of an anti-Islam speech by Nielsen HERE