UKIP - now working with Angelic Beings of Light

I could have thought of plenty of phrases to describe Ukip, but 'a bunch of hippies' wasn't one which immediately sprang to mind - until now:

Ms Tucker, who is county treasurer for Ukip, describes herself as an "angelic reiki master, soul midwife and shaman" and says she works with the Archangel Michael. She is based at the Angelic Guidance and Healing Centre in Glastonbury.

Mr Tucker, a prominent Ukip member, runs master level angelic reiki workshops.

Steven Morris in The Graun

Andy McSmith in the Indy has more details:

On their website, Colleen Tucker describes herself as an “Angelic Reiki Master Teacher, Shaman and Soul Midwife” and one of a group of practitioners who work alongside “Angels, Ascended Masters and Galactic Beings” on healing and expansion of consciousness. “About six years ago, Archangel Michael made himself known to me, and I’ve been working with him and the Angelic Realms since then,” she claims. 

The local Ukip branch chairman, an old skool Kipper by the name of Graham Livings, is not amused. 'I was a founder member of Ukip down here but what happens when a party grows you get infiltration into the membership. The Glastonbury occult crowd have moved in.' he complains, 'They are oddballs putting on these weekend retreats where they guarantee the angels will be present, and the public can be very wary of that sort of thing.'

I'm not quite as surprised as Mr Livings to find that Ukip turns out to be full of oddballs, although I must admit that I didn't expect them to be oddballs with crystals and joss sticks.