By John Stevens and Jack Doyle Back at home, his colleagues were campaigning furiously  in the final hours before their party’s crucial by-election. Ukip leader Nigel Farage, meanwhile, seemed more interested in a different kind of party as he enjoyed a boozy night in the Mediterranean. But the 50-year-old was less than happy when pictures emerged of him returning to his hotel hand in hand with a blonde woman just before 4am. Yesterday, as he returned from the trip, Mr Farage angrily dismissed allegations of inappropriate behaviour as ‘fluff and nonsense’, saying: ‘I didn’t go to bed with her.’ Dinner guests: Nigel Farage says he  is the victim of 'abhorrent mischief making' after he was photographed with Ande Soteri at 3.42am after a gala dinner in Malta
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Pictures of Ukip leader with Ande Soteri entering Valletta hotel at 3.42am
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Mr Farage says she is disabled and he was supporting her as she walked
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Daily Mirror printed pictures under the headline: 'Did Ukip alone Nigel?'
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Ukip leader said: 'I've never heard anything so ridiculous in whole of my life'
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MEP arrived home from Malta today before heading to Newark by-election
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