#UkipCalypso: Twitter's best jokes about Ukip's theme song

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."

The song was soon trending on Twitter, under the hashtag #ukipcalypso. Here's what some of the wittiest tweeters had to say about it.

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It might be bad, but is it the worst party anthem ever?

Some demanded a swift and appropriate response from the other major parties:

Fortunately, Ed Balls was on hand with an official reaction from his party’s leader, Ed Miliband:

The song may be many things, of course, but it is not racist:

One user thought he had found hidden wordplay in the trending hashtag:

Ukip Calypso... Sounds familiar, now where have we heard that name before?

The ever-reasonable David Mitchell puts the furore in its proper political context: