Steel Band Refuses To Play At UKIP Carnival

A steel band that was booked for a UKIP event packed up their gear after discovering they were to be performing for the anti-immigration party.

UKIP had organised a carnival in Croydon, south London, ahead of the European and local elections on Thursday.

But when the band, called Endurance Steel, realised who had hired them, they walked away.

Sky News has contacted UKIP for a comment.

At the same street rally, the party's candidates and supporters clashed with protesters and campaigners.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage

Romanians argued on Croydon High Street with party members about leader Nigel Farage's remarks last week about Romanian neighbours.

Police officers watched over the peaceful but heated clashes outside the Whitgift Shopping Centre.

The party brought an electronic advertising van to act as a centrepiece for the event, which drew around 100 people.

Mr Farage had been due to attend the event on Croydon High Street.

At 3.15pm, the ad van left with no sign of the UKIP leader appearing.

The UKIP leader said he regretted using the words "you know what the difference is" in his interview on LBC radio on Friday when asked what distinction he was drawing between Germans or Romanians living next door.

He said: "That gave people the impression that I was saying, 'A nod a wink, we don't really like Romanians'.

"I regret doing that but I do absolutely insist we must have a proper debate about this."

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