You should have heard some of the other poster ideas, says Farage

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has rejected criticism of the party’s latest poster campaign, assuring people they have absolutely no idea.

Mr Farage revealed the party’s grassroots members had offered their own suggestions, adding: “Sweet. Jesus.”

He said: “One of them suggested me in a paramilitary uniform standing on top of a mountain, with the slogan, ‘Men of England, Touch My Destiny’.

“There was also the man snatching a baby from a pram, with the instruction that he look ‘very obviously semitic’.

“Then there was ‘the pile of skulls’.

“The person who sent that one in writes everything in capital letters and suggested we ‘POSITION IT OUTSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOLS’.

“Meanwhile, another member suggested a simple photo of a fully-erect black penis, but with no slogan, insisting the image ‘encapsulates absolutely everything we are trying to say’.”

He added: “These aren’t necessarily bad ideas, but they are bold and I just don’t think we’re quite at that stage. Perhaps next year. We’ll see.”

Mr Farage also revealed the party’s next set of posters will include a swarthy looking man in a dirty vest, a man with a Union Jack painted on his face, blowing his brains out, and an array of suspicious-looking tropical fruits with the slogan ‘Mangoes? Papayas? Whatever Next?’.