UKIP vs the BBC: Day Four

The fallout from the BBC's coverage of the Norwich North by-election continues. Following Conservative MEP Dan Hannan's decision to publicly back UKIP's claims of bias against the party, a regional newspaper editor now follows suit.

UKIP, in their war of words with the public broadcaster, need write little on it today.

Instead they leave it to Graham Dines, Political Editor of the East Anglian Daily Times.

His report reveals that UKIP almost filed an injunction against the BBC after they were excluded from a debate on BBC East. The Conservatives, Labour, the LibDems and... the Green Party were invited to participate.

Graham Dines states that UKIP only backed down on legal action after the BBC agreed to a video insert in the programme.

Dines - in a damning article - writes: "...the BBC cannot bear the thought there there are perhaps millions of Brits who want nothing more to do with Europe. If the UKIP vision of withdrawal from the EU ever became a reality, the BBC would have to do what it doesn't like doing and stand up for Britain".

Meanwhile, UKIP's Chairman Paul Nuttall MEP writes of their Norwich North candidate, Glenn Tingle: "His 12% of the vote was the highest vote share achieved by any UKIP candidate at any Parliamentary election" and this marked "one of the most successful days in the history of the UK Independence Party's history".

Nuttall sounds extremely buoyant about the party's 12% vote share - just 735 votes behind the Liberal Democrats - and they are enthusiastic about the forthcoming General Election.

Provided Gormless calls one and doesn't impose martial law in order to cling to office, that is.