Close pubs and ban burkas to ‘boost vitamin D intake’ – five UKIP manifesto pledges we haven’t made up

It was UKIP’s turn to launch its manifesto today and it went about as smoothly as you’d expect.

Laura Kuenssberg told to f*** off at UKIP manifesto launch pic.twitter.com/S800ub1Szl

— Richard Chambers (@richmchambers) May 25, 2017

To save you the trouble of reading the manifesto, here are five UKIP pledges we haven’t made up.

1.

Ban burkas to ‘boost vitamin D intake’

Here’s the reason UKIP are banning the burka pic.twitter.com/OV70aCKxfm

— aleesha (@a_leesha1) May 25, 2017

2.

Close pubs

UKIP’s manifesto proposes reducing the number of pubs. pic.twitter.com/iFp9wrZHDY

— Henry Mance (@henrymance) May 25, 2017

3.

Ban the flying of the EU flag

4.

Reverse action to stop climate change

UKIP say the Climate Change Act has “no basis in science” and who am I to question their training? pic.twitter.com/PGf2G5a87u

— Dan Bloom (@danbloom1) May 25, 2017

5.

Cheaper fish and chips

“We will remove VAT from hot takeaway food such as fish and chips.”

Missing caption in #UKIP‘s manifesto:
Two children enjoy VAT-free fish & chips with all of #UKIP‘s MPs (centre) pic.twitter.com/rTIRMgSKY5

— 900 Bastards! (@john3ners) May 25, 2017

And here’s one that @MrMichaelSpicer DID make up. At least, we think so.

In the UKIP manifesto. Wow. pic.twitter.com/lBwbm8601l

— Michael Spicer (@MrMichaelSpicer) May 25, 2017