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Thursday 14 May 2015 11:32 am

Ukip crisis: The best reactions so far to the Nigel Farage infighting – and that BBC c**t slip up

By: Lynsey Barber

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Ukip is in turmoil as some very public in-fighting grabs the headlines.

We all love a real-life political drama, but this is no House of Cards and that means there may be some ridicule of the embattled party which appears to be imploding.

Of course, photoshop (which surely must have become the thing most feared by politicians in the modern age) really helps.

Meanwhile, on the Good Ship UKIP … #Farage #Carswell #UKIP pic.twitter.com/v66iEwxy00

— Brandy Snap 🇺🇦 (@Brandy_Snap) May 14, 2015

But perhaps Ukip are so far gone, they're beyond photoshopping?

Nigel realised too late that Douglas had poisoned his McFlurry #Ukip pic.twitter.com/MejXsC1hPz

— General Boles (@GeneralBoles) May 14, 2015

I've not given up photoshopping it's just today's #Ukip pics don't need it.

— General Boles (@GeneralBoles) May 14, 2015

This is probably the best insult of the row so far.

Best insult of UKIP row: @oflynnmep accused of having 'single tier education' (Cambridge degree but – gasp! – no postgrad in law or similar)

— gabyhinsliff (@gabyhinsliff) May 14, 2015

Then there was the BBC, which suffered a slight snafu itself when reporter Norman Smith slipped up pronouncing the word cult.

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