Are UKIP voters barmey?

You couldn't make it up. Traditionally in the UK, polling station staff fold ballot papers before giving them to voters. UKIP's high command, ever vigilant for the problems their supporters face at election time, have demanded unfolded ballot papers. This is because some voters cannot conceive of the idea of unfolding them before putting a cross on their paper.

One man from York told the BBC he had been "absolutely shocked" that he could not find the party he wanted to vote for on the ballot paper and had to ask officials where it was. "They explained you have to unfold it again, right at the very bottom there was another very neat fold that you could not see, folded backwards," he said, implying that UKIP was under the last fold (but he could possibly check that!).

My question is "Should such a person be let into a polling station in the first place?"

You have to wonder! UKIP is saying, "We are getting literally hundreds of calls saying we can't find you on the ballot paper so we voted for somebody else." It's all a load of nonsense. Pull the other one. UKIP is just in it for a publicity stunt. Or a pre-emptive strike in case it all goes pearshaped!

More fool the BBC and the Electoral Commission for falling for their prattish behaviour.