A couple have had three foster children removed from their care because they belong to the UK Independence Party.
Rotherham Borough Council said the children were "not indigenous white British" and that it had concerns about UKIP's stance on immigration.

The couple, who have been approved foster parents for seven years, were eight weeks into the placement when they were approached by social workers about their membership of the party.

The wife told the Daily Telegraph: "I was dumbfounded. Then my question to both of them was, 'What has UKIP got to do with having the children removed?'

"Then one of them said, 'Well, UKIP have got racist policies.' The implication was that we were racist. [The social worker] said UKIP does not like European people and wants them all out of the country to be returned to their own countries."

I hope they take the council for every penny it has - they are the biggots

Jesus. That council patently doesn't know the defamation laws at all.

You can't defame a political party. Public authorities and political parties are unable to pursue libel claims after the House of Lords ruled they should be subject to uninhibited public criticism.

I think that the family would have been defamed.

The row took a further twist when No 10 was asked about statements David Cameron made during a radio interview in 2006, in which he described Ukip's members as "fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists, mostly". Downing Street said the Prime Minister had not intended people to understand that he thought all Ukip members were racists.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/9700632/Michael-Gove-blasts-Ukip-foster-row-council.html

Asked what the specific problem was with the couple being Ukip members, Mrs Thacker told the BBC: "We have to think about the clear statements on ending multi-culturalism for example.

"These children are from EU migrant backgrounds and Ukip has very clear statements on ending multiculturalism, not having that going forward, and I have to think about how sensitive I am being to those children."

I call BS on the whole story. I would surmise that therenismkore to it than it being let on. The UKIP connection is likely to be a smokescreen. This will be subject to child protection rules, so the real circumstances won't be known. I guess someone made a noise about the UKIP connection because it's likely to be the one to raise eyebrows, and to put the social workers on a back foot publicly.

David Cameron: you have been played.

if it is BS, i wonder why Rotherham council had someone defending the decision on breakfast time, actually stating that the couple belonging to UKIP was the prime reason the children were removed.