Nigel Farage was forced to duck today as his open-top battle bus took a battering from some low tree branches.

The Ukip leader, party officials and members of the press can be seen diving for cover in a video filmed by KMTV as the purple coach arrived in Thanet.

Mr Farage can be heard laughing, as one of his associates quips "Only in Ukip!"

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The politician spent the day in Kent to drum up support for the Brexit campaign.

He said the referendum on whether to say or leave the EU offers voters the chance to get back control over the country's destiny.

Mr Farage began a day-long visit to the county with a visit to Ramsgate, where - after his brush with shrubbery - was mobbed by voters and pursued by the inevitable chasing pack of journalists and camera crews.

His whistle-stop tour then took him to Sittingbourne, where he was seen talking to traders and supporters in the High Street this afternoon.

It came as some polls suggested that the gap between the two sides was narrowing and some were placing the Brexit camp ahead.

He was in ebullient mood, saying he was confident of victory on June 23 and taking a sideswipe at a claim by the German finance minister who claimed that the UK would lose access to the single market.

"That is total baloney," he said.

"In a town like this, there is going to be a very clear Brexit vote."

Asked if immigration or the economy was the most important issue, he said: "What is most important is who governs Britain.

"What is most important is that we take back control of our Parliament, our courts and borders and have the confidence to believe we can run our own country."

"The one thing I can guarantee is that if we vote for Brexit, we become a self-governing country. Part of that is that we regain control of our borders."

He said that the number of migrants reaching the UK was pushing public services were "frankly close to breaking point."

He rejected the claim he had stirred up concerns over the prospect of asylum seekers trying to cross the channel to reach the UK from France.