We must support his right to speak his mind. I have no problem with anyone voicing an opinion, no matter how bizarre or unwelcome.
The point here is that he has voiced his opinion while acting as Kilroy-Silk's aide, thereby immediately associating his views with those of UKIP to some extent. He should certainly have made it very clear that these were his personal views and nothing to do with Mr Kilroy-Silk or the party.
Ideally he wouldn't have said anything. I would have thought that he should have had the sense to keep his mouth shut when questioned recently. The journalist asking about this was only ever looking for an embarrassing story.
Having said that, it may be that he was tricked INTO phpbb_talking about it and may not have realised that it was "on the record". Either way it is probably not sensible to be voicing such opinions when in such an exposed position.
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