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		</div><p>A UKIP candidate in the European elections has been criticised after releasing a video suggesting he might rape Labour MP Jess Phillips.</p>
<p>Carl Benjamin, who had previously come under fire for a social media message in which he said he <em>“wouldn’t even rape”</em> the Birmingham Yardley MP, posted a video online suggesting that <em>“with enough pressure I might cave”</em>.</p>
<p>His comments were described as “shit” by Ms Phillips, who questioned whether he should be allowed to take part in the May 23 poll.</p>
<p>Mr Benjamin released the video on YouTube, where he has a large following under the name Sargon of Akkad.</p>
<p>After announcing a list of spoof UKIP policies, including invading Spain and restoring the British empire, he said: <em>“There’s been an awful lot of talk about whether I would or wouldn’t rape Jess Phillips.</em></p>
<p><em>“I’ve been in a lot of trouble for my hardline stance of not even raping her. I suppose with enough pressure I might cave. But let’s be honest, nobody’s got that much beer.”</em></p>
<p>The video, accompanied by the message <em>“I disavow my own jokes”</em>, was released on April 26 but gained wider attention today after being highlighted by website BuzzFeed.</p>
<p>Ms Phillips told the site: <em>“The Electoral Commission should surely have standards about who can and can’t stand for election.</em></p>
<p><em>“If Facebook and Twitter can ban these people for hate speech how is it they are allowed to stand for election?”</em></p>
<p>She later tweeted: <em>“I’m normally pretty tough, I take the slings and arrows I might just be tired but when asked to comment on this I was really upset.</em></p>
<p><em>“What do women have to do to end this shit? I’m so tired of people legitimising this stuff.”</em></p>
<p>There was no immediate response from UKIP to a Press Association request for comment.</p>
<p>Leader Gerard Batten has previously defended Mr Benjamin’s initial tweet as “satire”.</p>
<p>Mr Benjamin, who is standing for UKIP in the South West region, issued a statement to BuzzFeed saying that “any subject can be the subject of a joke”.</p>
<p><em>“The alternative is a world devoid of humour, the essential tool we use to reduce the horror of events that are beyond our control,”</em> he said.</p>
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