CREWE is a focus for UKIP again - this time in a controversial song created by former Radio One DJ and party supporter, Mike Read.

The tune, dubbed the UKIP Calypso, was sung with a mock-Caribbean accent and contained the lyrics: ‘Leaders committed a cardinal sin, open the borders let them all come in, illegal immigrants in every town, stand up and be counted Blair and Brown.’

Read apologised for ‘unintentionally causing offence’ with the song this week, which UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, had earlier encouraged people to download.

Read told the Press Association: "I'm so sorry that the song unintentionally caused offence. That was never my intention and I apologise unreservedly if anyone has taken offence.”

After reaching number 17 on the iTunes chart, Read said he had instructed his record company to withdraw the song from sale.

It reached number two in the Amazon singles chart.

Crewe was targeted as part of a concerted campaign by UKIP to build on positive by-election results during the formation of Crewe Town Council last year.

The party narrowly missed out on gaining a seat on the authority in May 2013, with UKIP deputy leader, Paul Nuttall, later visiting the town to open a Crewe and Nantwich branch.

Read, a former Conservative supporter, used the song to warn his listeners against trusting David Cameron, singing: ‘The British people have been let down, that's why UkIP is making ground. From Crewe to Cleethorpes, from Hull to Hendon, they don't believe Cameron's referendum’.

Read has previously turned his hand to musicals. His show about the life of Oscar Wilde closed after one night following dreadful reviews and poor ticket sales.