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KATIE Hopkins might have sparked outrage following her tweets earlier this week about the Ebola case in Glasgow, but there’s one person who doesn’t think that her tweets should be investigated by the police and that’s Ukip leader Nigel Farage.

Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for Hopkins to be arrested following her "racist" tweet, but the Ukip leader insisted that it was just Katie being "rude" rather than racist and didn't warrant the police getting involved.

“There’s no need for police intervention, it’s a terrible waste of police time,” Farage reportedly told the Daily Mail.

“If (Katie Hopkins) wants to behave like that then the public can judge her. There will always be people who will be rude about others, but it’s not a police matter.”

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Over 7,000 people have now signed the petition following the original target of 3000 signatures.

"I am pleased to say that we have smashed the original 3000 target, but I’m leaving this open as we are garnering unbelievable support by the minute. Thank you to everyone who has signed," James Gilchrist, who started the petition, wrote on December 31.

It was revealed that police are making inquiries following complaints over a Twitter outburst about Ebola from controversial TV personality Katie Hopkins

Hopkins sparked fury when she tweeted about "little sweaty jocks", adding: "Sending us Ebola bombs in the form of sweaty Glaswegians just isn't cricket."

Her comment came hours after nurse Pauline Cafferkey was diagnosed with the killer disease and transferred to a specialist unit at a hospital in London.

In a separate message, Hopkins tweeted: "Glaswegian ebola patient moved to London's Royal Free Hospital. Not so independent when it matters most are we jocksville?"

Police Scotland have confirmed they are looking into complaints they have received but they did not reveal how many had been made.

Detective Inspector Glyn Roberts said: "We have received a number of complaints regarding remarks made on Twitter. Inquiries are ongoing into the nature of these tweets and to establish any potential criminality.

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"Police Scotland will thoroughly investigate any reports of offensive or criminal behaviour online and anyone found to be responsible will be robustly dealt with."

It comes after more than 7000 people signed a petition calling for Hopkins to be arrested for posting a "racist" comment on Twitter.

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Horrified Scots took to social media sites and blasted the TV star for her "disgusting" comments after her post emerged online.

And within hours of the post, James Gilchrist from Glasgow had launched a petition calling for Mrs Hopkins to be arrested on the internet.

He said in the petition: "For years, Katie Hopkins has seemingly gotten away with a string of controversial statements, either via main stream media or social media, without punishment.

"Many of these statements are racist or abusive, and are tantamount to bullying.

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"Recently, she has attacked the Scottish people on twitter over the Ebola scare in Glasgow, calling them "Sweaty Jocks" and "Sweaty Glaswegians", before questioning the ability of the Scottish NHS.

"Her comments allude to a notion that Scots are not entitled to the correct treatment in London, by saying that "sending us Ebola bombs is just not cricket".

"Our health service is more than capable of dealing with this: however the victim has been sent to London as part of an emergency protocol, the same as ANY British citizen would have been in the event they contract the disease.

"This is an absolute insult to a human being who was selflessly trying to aid others who are suffering from this horrible illness. She has given up her time, and potentially put her life on the line, to assist others in a perilous state, and does not deserve to come back to abhorrence like this."

Mr Gilchrist stated that the comments were also "hurtful and spiteful" to Scots at a time that the people of Scotland were meant to be assured that they were Better Together to remain a part of the UK.

The petition can be found at www.change.org.