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The 5 most weird and wonderful things hidden in the small print of UKIP's general election manifesto

When UKIP come on your TV you know you won't be bored. So what are the more eyebrow-raising bits of their general election small print?The party whose councillors blamed gay marriage for floods and talked about "ting tongs" unveiled their election manifesto today.

Mostly it's a serious document warning about the threat of Islamist terror.

But what about the weird and wonderful details hidden in the small print?

We've rounded up the ones that'll make your eyebrows raise the highest. 1. Ban burqas... to get more Vitamin DA burqa ban takes pride of place in the party's right-wing manifesto, despite causing a backlash when it was first announced.

At the time UKIP announced it as a "total ban on face coverings in public" - forcing chiefs to deny it would apply to beekeepers.

Now the manifesto makes clear it only applies to "the burqa and the niqab".

But it also adds an odd new reason - apparently, the burqa is "not liberating" because it "prevents intake of essential vitamin D from sunlight."Experts do say burqa wearers are at risk of Vitamin D deficiency - but so are all under-5s, adults over 65, people who are housebound, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and people with darker skin.

They're advised to take vitamin supplements.Oh, and PS -

The manifesto contains a wonderful trolling picture of a beekeeper, flaunting his full face veil. 2. Ban those pesky EU flagsYou'd think we won't need to fly the EU flag after Brexit . But the UKIP manifesto takes things a step further.

"Once we have left the EU, we will not allow the EU flag to be flown from public buildings," it says.

We look forward to battles to the last between Remainiac civil servants and Prime Minister Nuttall. 3. Would you trust Prof Nuttall on climate science?The manifesto contains a VERY bold claim about the 2008 Climate Change Act.

Apparently, it has "no basis in science".

Would you trust all the people who helped draw it up, or Paul Nuttall, whose LinkedIn profile said he had a PhD but actually he doesn't? 4. The Great Pint DrainEx-leader Nigel Farage loves a pint. So he's not going to be happy with Paul Nuttall.

The UKIP manifesto vows to repeal the 2003 Licensing Act, which allowed 24-hour opening.

Instead it would bring in new laws to "reduce the density of alcohol outlets".

Bars shutting? Sacre bleu! 5. Foreign? Got a car? TAGGEDUKIP would introduce a tagging system - just for foreign cars.

"We will keep a record of all foreign vehicles entering the UK by introducing a windscreen mounted identification tag," says the manifesto.

"This will help identify overseas drivers who break UK traffic laws and facilitate enforcement action, which can be taken prior to exit from the country."

There are forever stories of foreign lorry drivers not paying traffic penalties. But is branding all foreign cars the answer - and much will it cost to enforce?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...hings-10501043

What's your view on this? For me it shows that UKIP whilst highly fun to discuss and read about, really shouldn't run this country if they think that a high priority is to ban EU flags from being allowed in public buildings.