Nigel Farage has called on Ukip supporters to buy a new calypso theme tune sung in a fake-Caribbean accent by the former Radio 1 DJ Mike Read.
Among other subjects, the song tackles the UK's attitude to immigration with the lines: "Leaders committed a cardinal sin, open the borders let them all come in; illegal immigrants in every town, stand up and be counted Blair and Brown."
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