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Ukip leader Henry Bolton’s new model girlfriend branded Grenfell Tower a “nest of illegal immigrants” and labelled alleged victims of Harvey Weinstein “hard done by little rich girls”.

Jo Marney, 25, branded a decision to offer permanent residency to survivors of the tower-block fire “disgusting” in a rant on social media last year.

The posts on Facebook and Twitter were made public by The Sun newspaper after Mr Bolton, 54, confirmed he is in a relationship with the model, who is less than half his age, after splitting from his wife.

In her comments about the west London tragedy, she added that Grenfell Tower “was a nest of illegal immigrants of all varieties. That's why they can't identify most of them.

“Meanwhile, British families wait on the Council Housing list for years."

The Standard has approached Ms Marney and Ukip for comment.

In a swipe at alleged victims of movie mogul Weinstein, who has been accused of rape and sexual assault by a number of women, she described complainants as “spoilt little rich girls”.

She wrote on Facebook: "'Hollywood abuses' grow the f*** up. Poor, hard done by little rich girls. If she [Rose McGowan] really cared about REAL abuse of women she’d be tackling radical Islam and countries like Saudi. But let’s face it, it’s far easier to whinge about privileged little white Hollywood chicks who shagged some fat old man for a part in a movie. Woe is them."

In a social media post on the day of the Westminster terror attack, she wrote: “How can this happen - I'll tell you how it can happen, because we've welcomed SCUM into this country for years and years and years and there're THOUSANDS of them living right here in Britain perfectly legally."

She also recently shared pictures of herself reading a book by controversial politician Enoch Powell - notorious for his 'Rivers of Blood' speech on immigration.

Ms Marney, a Ukip member from Kent, describes herself in her Twitter profile as a "presenter, music journalist, model, actor, Brexiteer".

Sources close to Mr Bolton insisted that their relationship did not begin until after his split from wife Tatiana, 42.

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In a message to supporters on Wednesday, Mr Bolton said he expected his new relationship to be made public in The Sun newspaper.

Mr Bolton, who was elected Ukip leader last September, said the story would "confirm that in recent weeks I've had a change in my relationship status", adding that it "might also suggest (inaccurately) that this change has involved a clandestine affair with a young lady who happens also to be a member of Ukip".

He said he had already made clear on social media that he had recently been spending time "with somebody who has become increasingly important to me", adding: "This isn't something that I've hidden."

Mr Bolton said: "I am in a new relationship and the media have latched onto that. However, whilst I fully accept that as a national political figure I can expect to be the subject of media attention, I also believe we're all entitled to a certain degree of privacy.

"As such, I'll be making no further comment on the matter."

Ms Marney has posted photographs of herself celebrating Christmas Day and Boxing Day with Mr Bolton.