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Protests will take place in Exmouth on Friday evening as former UKIP leader Nigel Farage hosts an event in the town.

The demonstrations, organised by East Devon Labour Party's Women's Forum, will be held outside Ocean on the town's sea front.

An Audience with Nigel Farage will see the politician talk about his life and career, as well as a Q&A session with the audience.

Dilys Hadley, women's officer for East Devon Labour Party, said: "With all the current problems surrounding Brexit and the shocking rise in racism around the globe, we want to take a stand against people like Nigel Farage.

"There's a determined group of us who feel this way and want to stamp these things out.

"That is why we are protesting."

All tickets for the event, which cost up to £45, have sold out.

Details about the evening on the Exmouth Pavilion site reads:

“Nigel Farage is a British politician, broadcaster and political analyst who was the co-founder in 1993 and leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2006 to 2016.



“Farage was a leading figure in the campaign to leave the EU and is considered by many to be one of the prominent architects of Brexit.

"This gained him the name 'Mr Brexit' by the then candidate to the US presidency Donald J Trump whom he came to support at a Mississippi rally in 2016.

"Nigel Farage was one of the very few that predicted that Donald Trump would win the presidential elections.

“He has since provided political analysis for both the main Fox News channel and its sister channel Fox Business Network.

"Farage is also hosting The Nigel Farage show on the British radio station LBC and launched “Farage against the Machine” podcast to be found on Itunes early 2018.

"He is a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph and the author of several books.



"Throughout this evening Nigel will be talking frankly and humorously about his life, from childhood and throughout his career both as businessman and politician.

"There will also be a question and answer session."

The event is described as 'an audience with' rather than a political rally.