European Elections: UKIP Deputy Leader defends party defections - BBC Newsnight

Emily Maitlis interviews Mike Hookem, UKIP deputy leader, on the European Parliament elections.
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With the European Parliament elections around the corner, UKIP under the leadership of Nigel Farage was putting the wind up the establishment parties ahead of the last European Elections, in 2014, when they ended up getting more than 25% of the vote.

This year, they have had many defections under the current leader, Gerard Batten.

Emily Maitlis asks deputy leader Mike Hookem, in studio, about the defections, policies, and accusations of Islamophobia.

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