Britain's mass-selling Daily Mirror this morning features a front page picture of married Ukip leader Nigel Farage hand-in-hand with another woman going into the Hilton Malta at 3.42am.

The UKIP leader partied until the early hours with attractive travel chief Ande Soteri, it reports.

Farage was in Malta for a tourism conference, which he addressed yesterday.

"Married Farage was having fun in the sun in Malta while fellow activists pounded the pavements back in rain-soaked Blighty on the Newark campaign trail." 

The newspaper says Farage and Soteri's night on the tiles set tongues wagging at the conference.

One delegate said: “There’s been quite a bit of gossip going on about the two of them today.”

But Mr Farage denied there was any impropriety, saying: “Good god no.

"I had never even met her before yesterday – completely innocent.”

When asked directly if he had slept with Ms Soteri, Mr Farage shot back: “What an impertinent question. No.” 

He insisted he had simply been helping her because she was having difficulty walking, adding: “I did not help her back to her room. I helped her into the lift. That was it. We were not alone. There were other people in the lift.”

The Mirror said Soteri was on crutches.

Ms Soteri said: “Yes, I was with Mr Farage. We are staying at the same hotel – there was no impropriety between us.”

The story also appeared on the Daily Mail.

 

 

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