article_snippet: Mrs Atkinson, an MEP for the South East, has now been axed as the party's candidate for Folkestone and Hythe in May’s election.
article_snippet: Janice Atkinson (left) was due to fight the Folkestone and Hythe Commons seat on May 7.
article_snippet: Kerry Smith was forced to quit as UKIP candidate in South Basildon and East Thurrock in December after being taped mocking gay party members as 'poofters', joking about shooting people from Chigwell in a 'peasant hunt' and referring to someone as a 'Chinky bird'.
article_snippet: The Ukip leader added: ‘It would be mistake for me to pre-judge this but
article_snippet: ’ Mrs Atkinson who last year caused outrage after her called a Thai woman constituent a ‘ting tong’, had been due to stand the general election.
article_snippet: But a UKIP spokesman said last night: ‘a new European-wide political party is incredibly disappointed with Ms Atkinson, who appears to have exercised extremely poor judgment in acting in a way that a new European-wide political party has never, and would never condone.'
article_snippet: Mrs Atkinson was elected as an MEP last year after joining Ukip in 2011.
article_snippet: Folkestone and Hythe is seen as a safe Conservative seat, although Mrs Atkinson was a high-profile candidate.