Nigel Farage SHOULDN'T front the EU referendum campaign, blasts UKIP MP Carswell
UKIP MP Douglas Carswell has provoked anger by claiming that Nigel Farage should take a backseat in the upcoming European Union referendum.
Carswell (left) has told Farage (right) to take a backseat in the EU referendum
I don't think any politician should be fronting the referendum campaign
David Cameron has promised voters an in/out vote by the end of 2017 – but Carswell insisted that Farage should not be the face of the anti-EU campaign.
He said: "I don't think any politician should be fronting the referendum campaign.
"If a politician says, 'vote for X', people instantly thinks the politician has a vested interested in that."
Carswell's comments come a week after he told Farage to "take a break" as Ukip leader and claimed that his party had not been striking the right "tone".
He also criticised Mr Farage's "ill-advised" decision to raise concerns about immigrants coming to Britain for free treatment for HIV.
Carswell called on Ukip to make a "positive" argument to leave the EU
Carswell added that Ukip should make the argument to leave the EU "positive" with businesspeople such as Sir James Dyson.
He said: "He's not only a wealth creator, he was campaigning for Britain to join the euro 15 years ago and now he's had a complete change of heart."
Last year Dyson said that he did not want to stay in a Europe "dominated and bullied" by Germany.