nigel farage has dismissed criticism of the lack of diversity in ukip 's manifesto by claiming there was a ` half black ' party spokesman featured prominently - and ` one fully black person ' . the ukip leader made the remarks after being asked at his manifesto launch last week to justify the scarcity of black and asian faces in the ukip manifesto . it includes several photographs of the party 's top team although it was suggested the only black face in the document appeared on a page about overseas aid . scroll down for video . nigel farage has dismissed criticism of the lack of diversity in ukip 's manifesto by claiming there was a ` half black ' party spokesman featured prominently - and ` one fully black person ' the question provoked noisy barracking , including from a group of black and asian candidates attending the launch . mr farage said the premise was wrong , with the picture of the party 's immigration spokesman steven woolfe ignored . he told magic radio : ` well firstly there was one fully black person . ' mr farage added : ` there was another one of our leading spokesman who is half black and that did n't get a mention . and he featured very prominently on page six . so the premise was wrong . ' i thought what happened was really interesting . there was a journalist from one of our leading daily newspapers who made the comment you know , there 's only one black . ` and what happened was that there was an eruption in the room as our black and ethnic minority candidates stood up and looked at this guy in a pretty hostile way . ' the ukip leader - trying on hats at a campaign stop in canterbury , kent , today - made the remarks after being asked at his manifesto launch last week to justify the scarcity of black and asian faces in the ukip manifesto . the ukip manifesto included several photographs of the party 's top team although it was suggested the only black face in the document appeared on a page about overseas aid . mr farage added : ` what they were saying was we 're just about sick to death of the sneering media class trying to make ukip out to be something completely other than it is . ` we 're a non-racist , non-sectarian political party but we do n't have all female quotas , we do n't have all black quotas , we treat everybody as being equal . ' i think we 're a multi-racial society . i think the multicultural society is a much more contentious point and perhaps that 's the bit that may have gone slightly wrong . ` over 10 % of our candidates come from bme backgrounds . we 're probably more diverse in our membership than some of the other parties who talk about all of this in a sort of ` holier than thou ' way . ' mr farage said the party 's immigration spokesman steven woolfe - who has dual heritage - was ` half black ' the ukip manifesto launch was overshadowed by a row over the number of black and asian people included , after a journalist pointed out that the only image showed someone from an ethnic minority - an african woman in the overseas aid section . ukip has also proposed to amend the smoking ban to allow pubs and clubs to open smoking rooms . the manifesto states these rooms would have to be properly ventilated and physically separate from non-smoking areas . mr farage said : ` there are 76 pages in our manifesto and that is one little sentence tucked away in there . ` it 's about freedom of choice that 's the point . thirty pubs a week are closing and a lot of them particularly in built up areas where they have n't got a big food trade . ` they rely on people going into the pub at five , six o'clock after a hard day 's work and a lot of those people might not smoke all day but they want a smoke with their drink that evening . ' he added of his party 's policy : ` would that burden the health service ? well let 's put it like this : the nhs says , that smoking related illnesses cost it # 2 billion a year , all right ? tobacco tax is # 12billion a year so i do n't quite buy the argument . '
ukip leader asked to justify lack of black and asian faces in manifesto . but he said there was one ` half black ' person and one ` fully black person ' ukip 's immigration spokesman steven woolfe has mixed heritage . included in the manifesto was also a photo of an african receiving aid .
nigel farage has dismissed criticism of the lack of diversity in ukip 's manifesto by claiming there was a ` half black ' party spokesman featured prominently - and ` one fully black person ' . the ukip leader made the remarks after being asked at his manifesto launch last week to justify the scarcity of black and asian faces in the ukip manifesto . it includes several photographs of the party 's top team although it was suggested the only black face in the document appeared on a page about overseas aid . scroll down for video . nigel farage has dismissed criticism of the lack of diversity in ukip 's manifesto by claiming there was a ` half black ' party spokesman featured prominently - and ` one fully black person ' the question provoked noisy barracking , including from a group of black and asian candidates attending the launch . mr farage said the premise was wrong , with the picture of the party 's immigration spokesman steven woolfe ignored . he told magic radio : ` well firstly there was one fully black person . ' mr farage added : ` there was another one of our leading spokesman who is half black and that did n't get a mention . and he featured very prominently on page six . so the premise was wrong . ' i thought what happened was really interesting . there was a journalist from one of our leading daily newspapers who made the comment you know , there 's only one black . ` and what happened was that there was an eruption in the room as our black and ethnic minority candidates stood up and looked at this guy in a pretty hostile way . ' the ukip leader - trying on hats at a campaign stop in canterbury , kent , today - made the remarks after being asked at his manifesto launch last week to justify the scarcity of black and asian faces in the ukip manifesto . the ukip manifesto included several photographs of the party 's top team although it was suggested the only black face in the document appeared on a page about overseas aid . mr farage added : ` what they were saying was we 're just about sick to death of the sneering media class trying to make ukip out to be something completely other than it is . ` we 're a non-racist , non-sectarian political party but we do n't have all female quotas , we do n't have all black quotas , we treat everybody as being equal . ' i think we 're a multi-racial society . i think the multicultural society is a much more contentious point and perhaps that 's the bit that may have gone slightly wrong . ` over 10 % of our candidates come from bme backgrounds . we 're probably more diverse in our membership than some of the other parties who talk about all of this in a sort of ` holier than thou ' way . ' mr farage said the party 's immigration spokesman steven woolfe - who has dual heritage - was ` half black ' the ukip manifesto launch was overshadowed by a row over the number of black and asian people included , after a journalist pointed out that the only image showed someone from an ethnic minority - an african woman in the overseas aid section . ukip has also proposed to amend the smoking ban to allow pubs and clubs to open smoking rooms . the manifesto states these rooms would have to be properly ventilated and physically separate from non-smoking areas . mr farage said : ` there are 76 pages in our manifesto and that is one little sentence tucked away in there . ` it 's about freedom of choice that 's the point . thirty pubs a week are closing and a lot of them particularly in built up areas where they have n't got a big food trade . ` they rely on people going into the pub at five , six o'clock after a hard day 's work and a lot of those people might not smoke all day but they want a smoke with their drink that evening . ' he added of his party 's policy : ` would that burden the health service ? well let 's put it like this : the nhs says , that smoking related illnesses cost it # 2 billion a year , all right ? tobacco tax is # 12billion a year so i do n't quite buy the argument . '
nigel farage has dismissed criticism of the lack of diversity in ukip 's manifesto by claiming there was a ` half black ' party spokesman featured prominently - and ` one fully black person ' . the ukip leader made the remarks after being asked at his manifesto launch last week to justify the scarcity of black and asian faces in the ukip manifesto . it includes several photographs of the party 's top team although it was suggested the only black face in the document appeared on a page about overseas aid . scroll down for video . nigel farage has dismissed criticism of the lack of diversity in ukip 's manifesto by claiming there was a ` half black ' party spokesman featured prominently - and ` one fully black person ' the question provoked noisy barracking , including from a group of black and asian candidates attending the launch . mr farage said the premise was wrong , with the picture of the party 's immigration spokesman steven woolfe ignored . he told magic radio : ` well firstly there was one fully black person . ' mr farage added : ` there was another one of our leading spokesman who is half black and that did n't get a mention . and he featured very prominently on page six . so the premise was wrong . ' i thought what happened was really interesting . there was a journalist from one of our leading daily newspapers who made the comment you know , there 's only one black . ` and what happened was that there was an eruption in the room as our black and ethnic minority candidates stood up and looked at this guy in a pretty hostile way . ' the ukip leader - trying on hats at a campaign stop in canterbury , kent , today - made the remarks after being asked at his manifesto launch last week to justify the scarcity of black and asian faces in the ukip manifesto . the ukip manifesto included several photographs of the party 's top team although it was suggested the only black face in the document appeared on a page about overseas aid . mr farage added : ` what they were saying was we 're just about sick to death of the sneering media class trying to make ukip out to be something completely other than it is . ` we 're a non-racist , non-sectarian political party but we do n't have all female quotas , we do n't have all black quotas , we treat everybody as being equal . ' i think we 're a multi-racial society . i think the multicultural society is a much more contentious point and perhaps that 's the bit that may have gone slightly wrong . ` over 10 % of our candidates come from bme backgrounds . we 're probably more diverse in our membership than some of the other parties who talk about all of this in a sort of ` holier than thou ' way . ' mr farage said the party 's immigration spokesman steven woolfe - who has dual heritage - was ` half black ' the ukip manifesto launch was overshadowed by a row over the number of black and asian people included , after a journalist pointed out that the only image showed someone from an ethnic minority - an african woman in the overseas aid section . ukip has also proposed to amend the smoking ban to allow pubs and clubs to open smoking rooms . the manifesto states these rooms would have to be properly ventilated and physically separate from non-smoking areas . mr farage said : ` there are 76 pages in our manifesto and that is one little sentence tucked away in there . ` it 's about freedom of choice that 's the point . thirty pubs a week are closing and a lot of them particularly in built up areas where they have n't got a big food trade . ` they rely on people going into the pub at five , six o'clock after a hard day 's work and a lot of those people might not smoke all day but they want a smoke with their drink that evening . ' he added of his party 's policy : ` would that burden the health service ? well let 's put it like this : the nhs says , that smoking related illnesses cost it # 2 billion a year , all right ? tobacco tax is # 12billion a year so i do n't quite buy the argument . '
nigel farage has dismissed criticism the lack diversity ukip 's manifesto by a ` half black ' party spokesman featured - and ` one fully black person. the ukip leader made the remarks after at his manifesto launch last justify the scarcity black and asian faces. it includes several photographs the party 's top team although suggested the only black face the document appeared about overseas aid. scroll. nigel farage has dismissed criticism the lack diversity ukip 's manifesto by a ` half black ' party spokesman featured - ` one fully black person the question provoked noisy barracking, black and asian candidates attending. mr farage said the premise wrong, with the picture the party 's immigration spokesman steven woolfe ignored. he told magic radio : ` well firstly there one fully black person. ' mr farage added ` there another our leading spokesman is half black that did n't a mention. and he featured very prominently page six. so the premise wrong. ' i thought what happened really interesting. there a journalist from one our leading daily newspapers made you know, there 's only one black. ` and what happened was there an eruption as our black and ethnic minority candidates stood looked this guy. ' the ukip leader - trying on hats at a campaign stop canterbury, kent today - made the remarks at his manifesto launch last justify the scarcity black and asian faces the ukip manifesto included several photographs the party 's top team although suggested the only black face appeared about overseas aid. mr farage added : ` what they were we 're just about sick the sneering media class trying ukip out something completely other it. ` we 're but n't all female quotas treat everybody being ' i think 're. i think the multicultural society a much more contentious point and perhaps that 's the bit may gone slightly. ` over 10 % our candidates come bme backgrounds. we 're probably more diverse our membership some who talk all in a sort ` holier. ' mr farage said the party 's immigration spokesman steven woolfe - dual heritage ` half black ' the ukip manifesto launch overshadowed black and asian people included, after a journalist pointed the only image showed someone - an african woman the overseas aid section. ukip has also proposed amend the smoking ban pubs. the manifesto states these rooms properly physically separate. mr farage said : ` there 76 pages our manifesto that one little sentence tucked. ` it about freedom that the point. thirty pubs a closing particularly built where n't got a big food trade. ` they rely people going the pub at five, six after a hard day 's work a lot might smoke all want with their drink that evening. ' he added of his party 's policy : ` would that burden the health service? well let 's put : the nhs says, smoking related illnesses cost it # 2 billion a all right tobacco tax # 12billion a so i do n't quite buy. '
, there 's only one black . ` and what happened was that there was an eruption in the room as our black and ethnic minority candidates stood up and looked at this guy in a pretty hostile way . ' the ukip leader - trying on hats at a campaign stop in canterbury , kent , today - made the remarks after being asked at his manifesto launch last week to justify the scarcity of black and asian faces in the ukip manifesto . the ukip manifesto included several photographs of the party 's top team although it was suggested the only black face in the document appeared on a page about overseas aid . mr farage added : ` what they were saying was we 're just about sick to death of the sneering media class trying to make ukip out to be something completely other than it is . ` we 're a non-racist , non-sectarian political party but we do n't have all female quotas , we do n't have all black quotas , we treat everybody as being equal . ' i think we 're a multi-racial society . i think the multicultural society is a much more contentious point and perhaps that 's the bit that may have gone slightly wrong . ` over 10 % of our candidates come from bme backgrounds . we 're probably more diverse in our membership than some of the other parties who talk about all of this in a sort of ` holier than thou ' way . ' mr farage said the party 's immigration spokesman steven woolfe - who has dual heritage - was ` half black ' the ukip manifesto launch was overshadowed by a row over the number of black and asian people included , after a journalist pointed out that the only image showed someone from an ethnic minority - an african woman in the overseas aid section . ukip has also proposed to amend the smoking ban to allow pubs and clubs to open smoking rooms . the manifesto states these rooms would have to be properly ventilated and physically separate from non-smoking areas . mr farage said : ` there are 76 pages in our manifesto and that is one little sentence tucked away in there . ` it 's about freedom of choice that 's the point . thirty pubs a week are closing and a lot of them particularly in built up areas where they have n't got a big food trade . ` they rely on people going into the pub at five , six o'clock after a hard day 's work and a lot of those people might not smoke all day but they want a smoke with their drink that evening . ' he added of his party 's policy : ` would that burden the health service ? well let 's put it like this : the nhs says , that smoking related illnesses cost it # 2 billion a year , all right ? tobacco tax is # 12billion a year so i do n't quite buy the argument . '
 The article discusses the UKIP leader's remarks about black and Asian faces in the party's manifesto. The leader claimed that there was only one black face in the document, which sparked controversy. The article highlights the lack of diversity within the party and questions the sincerity of their claims to promote equality.