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Posted on 05/19/2013 10:31:26 AM PDT by granada
Ukip has seen a three-fold surge in visitors to its website since an ally of David Cameron called grassroots Tory activists "mad, swivel-eyed loons", the party has claimed.
A Ukip spokesman said there is "no doubt" the party has seen a rise in interest since the row about the Tories' attitude towards its grassroots members blew up on Saturday morning. The Daily Telegraph, The Times and the Daily Mirror reported that an unnamed senior Conservative called Tory activists “mad, swivel-eyed loons” who were forcing MPs to take hardline positions on Europe and same-sex marriage. Lord Feldman, a co-chairman of the party, has denied making the remarks after rumours circulated on social networking sites that he was responsible. He admitted speaking to journalists after a private dinner for Conservative Friends of Pakistan at the InterContinental Hotel in Westminster on Wednesday night but said it was “completely untrue” that he had called activists “swivel-eyed loons”. Senior Conservatives have rallied round Lord Feldman, saying he is a man of "great honour" and cannot be the unnamed Tory who made the remarks.
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