A mobile phone game that features a character called Nicholas Fromage kicking immigrants off an English cliff has been criticised by UKIP leader Nigel Farage.
The game was “risible and pathetic” and that it had “crossed the line”, Mr Farage said, despite saying he welcomed the opinions of young people. It was developed by a group of sixth formers from Canterbury Academy.
But the school’s head Phil Karnavas defended the app by saying it was fun to celebrate “brilliant, traditional British satire”.
He told the Press Association: “Never has a British political party offered themselves so easily to satire.
“It’s a bit rich, bearing in mind some of the things the members of Ukip have said, for their leader to say they have crossed the line.
“Mr Farage can’t have it both ways. He cannot expect young people to engage in politics and then criticise what they say when they do.”
The app, called Ukik, has been developed by 18-year-olds John Brown, James Dupreez, Fraser Richardson, John Hutchinson and Joe Brown, who work under the name FonGames.
A letter from Nicholas Fromage, who claims to represent “fruitcakes and loonies everywhere”, on the apps’ description page reads: “Do foreign voices on trains scare you? Can you handle a European living next door?
“Does your wife refuse to clean behind the fridge? Do you think women are too stupid to win a game of chess or have a top level job?
“If you are feeling irrational and want to live in a right wing hell hole then vote Ukik this May.
“These people might improve our economy, contribute to our culture and make Britain great but they are different to us so let’s kick them all out.”
