Ukip cancels General Election campaigning... after battle bus loses a wing mirror

Damaged goods: Ukip's battle bus
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Robin de Peyer19 May 2017
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Ukip leader Paul Nuttall has cancelled a day of election campaigning in Essex after the party battle bus had a wing mirror knocked off.

Mr Nuttall was set to join party activists for two campaign events in the county, where the party had its only MP elected in Clacton.

But the party's distinctive purple battle bus was clipped by a lorry in a coach park overnight, taking a wing mirror off and grounding the Ukip campaign for a day while the bus gets fixed.

A party spokesman said the events would be rescheduled soon.

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"A lorry drove a bit too close on its way out early this morning or late last night and just knocked the wing mirror off," he said.

"It's one of those rogue accidents you can't do anything about."

There is nothing to suggest the wing mirror was knocked off on purpose, he added.

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