‘BURIED BY ISLAM’Ukip’s new leader says the weight of immigration and the rise of Islam is ‘burying British culture’

SSTN
October 1, 2017

THE weight of immigration and the rise of Islam is leading to British culture being “buried”, according to Ukip’s new leader.
Henry Bolton said there is a concern amongst people that their way of life is being “pushed aside”, and vowed to “address it” as he spoke to The Sun a day after his shock election.
 Newly elected UKIP leader Henry Bolton said the population are concerned that Islam is pushing out Brit culture
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Newly elected UKIP leader Henry Bolton said the population are concerned that Islam is pushing out Brit culture
The 54-year-old ex-Army officer had said he wanted to move the party away from focusing on Islam after their manifesto earlier this year contained an "integration agenda" which was almost entirely about Muslims.
And the issue had been brought back to the fore when the controversial anti-Islam campaigner Anne-Marie Waters was the favourite to win the leadership election.
Mr Bolton, who pushed her into second place yesterday, signalled a softening stance on the issue when he spoke to the media, saying he had a “broad platform” and wanted to “move away from the focus on Islam”.
But he swung the focus right back to the religion this morning, when asked if he stood by his comments during the campaign that he was proud of “fighting Islam”.
He said: “There is a concern amongst the population writ large that there is an undermining through general immigration and the weight of numbers that we've got - and Islam as well - that our culture is being buried by this, being sort of pushed aside.
"That is a concern that we need to recognise is out there, there is a perception that is out there and we need to address it.”

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