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A UKIP candidate who raged he would shoot his Tory rival in the head has had his shotgun licence revoked.

Police are investigating Robert Blay, who was standing in North East Hampshire, after he was suspended by his party for making the “shocking comment” against Conservative Ranil Jayawardena.

The former accountant, 55, had his licence taken away before he made his comments about his rival possibly becoming PM.

He had stormed: “I will put a bullet between his eyes.”