A Ukip candidate had to be rescued from high tides at the party's annual spring conference after writing a note on the beach proclaiming his love for leader Nigel Farage. Sam Gould, 31, the party's Caerphilly candidate, was pictured being hauled out of the water onto a breakwater by press officer Gawain Towler when he became trapped after jumping a wall to scrawl the doting message in the sand. The debacle began after he hastily jumped down onto the beach early Saturday morning to write a response to protesters. After jumping down onto the sand to write the message, Caerphilly Ukip candidate Sam Gould realised he was trapped by the tideUkip candidate Sam Gould, 31, wrote 'We love Nige' in the sand at MargateHe scrawled it in response to messages left by protesters the previous dayBut he misjudged tides and found himself trapped after posing for photosParty press officer had to intervene and help pull him up onto breakwater
Mr _ added: 'Basically, he'd gone down and didn't realise there was no exit because the tide was too far in, so I helped him out.