'Show your face' Paul Nuttall's No 2 calls for burka ban in public places
UKIP'S deputy leader says the party wants to see an end to Muslim face coverings being worn in public.
Peter Whittle calls for burka ban in public places
Peter Whittle has vowed to push for a “show your face in public” policy, which would restrict the wearing of garments, including burkas and niqabs, in public places.
He said the Muslim dress was a "symbol of female oppression".
Speaking to Express.co.uk from the Ukip conference in Bolton on Friday, he outlined how the policy would work.
“In public places, where you need to show your face – you should show your face and I think this is the way other European countries are going," he said.
Peter Whittle, Ukip's deputy leader, would like to see a ban on the burka in public places
I think it is a symbol of female oppression
“I think a lot of the ideas put forward for being liberal with the burka are wrong. I think it is a symbol of female oppression.
“When it comes to court rooms, educational institutes and for that matter certain buildings where people have the choice to set their own rules.”
Earlier this month Theresa May insisted the Government would not introduce restrictions of Muslim face veils.
The prime minister said “what a woman wears is a woman’s choice” when quizzed about the issue in Parliament.
Her remarks come after a string of countries, including Germany, France, Austria and Belgium have sought to ban the wearing of full-face coverings in public.
Paul Nuttall is currently running in a key by-election in Stoke
Angela Merkel vows to BAN the Burka
Late last year, Angela Merkel the German Chancellor surprised many by calling for a ban on the burka and said the "full-face veil" should not be acceptable in Germany.
"It should be banned, wherever it is legally possible," she said.
The full-face veil has also been banned in public places in France since 2010.
Mr Whittle, a member of the London Assembly who ran for Mayor last year, believes a similar ban on the religious veils would be justifiable within the UK.
“I think people should certainly have their faces uncovered,” he continued.
“That is the way that in our society we communicated with each other."