General Election: I'm like Gandhi, says UKIP leader Paul Nuttall in Wolverhampton
UKIP leader Paul Nuttall has compared himself to Mahatma Gandhi, saying his party is attacked because it is '10 years ahead' of its political rivals.
Mr Nuttall hit out at critics who 'trivialised' or 'sniggered' at UKIP's integration policies which would see face coverings such as the burka banned and the introduction of school checks on girls vulnerable to female genital mutilation (FGM) .
In an exclusive interview with the Express & Star he said: "Raising issues of equality, women's rights, and FGM are the issues other parties don't want to tackle.
"UKIP will lead on these and as I said in our press conference I feel as if we are a decade ahead of our time – a bit like we were a decade ahead of our time on getting out of the EU, and on mass immigration.
