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		</div><p>A YouTube star-turned-Ukip candidate who said he “wouldn’t even rape” a female Labour MP in England has refused to apologise and insisted he was just treating women the same as men.</p>
<p>Carl Benjamin – known to online fans as Sargon of Akkad – said he would not “apologise for my crimes against political correctness”.</p>
<p>Ukip leader Gerard Batten appeared alongside Mr Benjamin as the launch of the party’s European election campaign descended into chaos as journalists attempted to question the would-be MEP.</p>
<figure id="attachment_130494" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-130494" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/C1ACC3A0-AA2D-40D6-9B1A-3A5F4B295A23.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-130494" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/C1ACC3A0-AA2D-40D6-9B1A-3A5F4B295A23.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-130494" class="wp-caption-text">Mark Meechan, left, and Carl Benjamin during the launch of Ukip’s European Parliament election campaign</figcaption></figure>
<p>In combative exchanges, Mr Benjamin – who is standing for election in the UK&#8217;s South West region – told journalists: “I’m not answering your questions, I’m not apologising for anything, you dirty, dirty smear merchants.”</p>
<p>In response to Labour MP Jess Phillips in 2016, he posted the comment “I wouldn’t even rape you, @jessphillips. #AntiRapeThreats #FeminismIsCancer” on Twitter.</p>
<p>Reporters were repeatedly shouted down by activists as they attempted to question Mr Benjamin and Mr Batten.</p>
<p>Challenged about the comment, Mr Benjamin said: “I think we should treat women the same as men.</p>
<p>“That means if a woman is being a giant bitch and laughing at male suicide, I’m going to be a giant dick back to her.”</p>
<p>Mr Benjamin said he was standing for Ukip to campaign for free speech, adding: “I’m not going to apologise for my crimes against political correctness, I hate political correctness.”</p>
<p>Birmingham Yardley MP Ms Phillips responded on Twitter: “Carl Benjamin will forever have whatever career he has defined by me, he will hear my name wherever he goes.</p>
<p>“His whole political life defined by little feminist Jess, that my friends is comedy.”</p>
<p><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/CA8EC265-A810-41C5-BA1B-B855CABD1DC4.jpeg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-130496" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/CA8EC265-A810-41C5-BA1B-B855CABD1DC4.jpeg" alt="" width="1090" height="456" /></a></p>
<p>Mr Batten, who was joined on stage by both Mr Benjamin and another controversial candidate – Scottish comedian Mark Meechan, known as Count Dankula, who was fined £800 in 2018 for filming a pet dog giving Nazi salutes – defended his decisions.</p>
<p>Mr Meechan said: “I want to protect people from having their rights infringed upon in regards to freedom of speech and freedom of expression by draconian and authoritarian laws.”</p>
<p>Mr Batten said: “These gentlemen are free speech merchants making comedy acts.”</p>
<p>He added: “If they make jokes as part of their act, I’m not condoning any jokes or any ill-considered remarks, but this is what they are.”</p>
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<p>Mr Batten insisted “the vast mass of people out there couldn’t care less”.</p>
<p>He dismissed calls from local activists for Mr Benjamin to be deselected.</p>
<p>“There are people in Ukip who want to deselect me, it’s called politics,” he said.</p>
<p>“Whoever you select as a candidate, some people are going to object and some people are going to walk away.</p>
<p>“That’s the nature of the business.”</p>
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