Online poll pulled after sabotage
An online poll asking respondents to vote for the best candidate for prime minister has been axed after accusations of sabotage.
UKIP MEP, and ex-BBC presenter Robert Kilroy-Silk came top, but the Bruges Group, a Euro-sceptic think-tank, pulled the poll claiming the website had been “sabotaged”.
It later transpired that one computer had voted for the former TV host and strident critic of the EU more than 1,400 times.
Tony Blair was relegated to second place.
UKIP leader Roger Knapman came third with Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy fourth.
Conservative leader Michael Howard was next followed by Chancellor Gordon Brown.
Mr Kilroy-Silk said he had no knowledge of who might have been behind the “sabotage”.
“It may well be that one person has masqueraded as a thousand. If they did, if they were doing it as a bit of mischief, they should have been supporting the party leader.” he commented.
