This Polish presidential candidate was an ally of Ukip, here's what he believes

A Polish presidential candidate, whose former party has allied with Ukip in the European parliament, has said he wants to legalise some child pornography, scrap all state benefits and stop women from voting.

In an interview with the Telegraph, the former leader of the Congress of the New Right party, said that while those who abuse children should be "very severely punished", he said he sees nothing wrong with owning child pornography "without any child being abused".

I can buy pornography at home, I can look at it, I can even have child pornography on my computer – why not, it’s my computer, my home, and I can look.

I very strongly object to abuse of children, but that has nothing to do with child pornography. If you create child pornography absolutely in the computer without any child being abused, is it OK or not? It should not be punished. Looking at that is not punishable, it is punishable to abuse children.

• Janusz Korwin-Mikke

Korwin-Mikke, who reportedly styles himself as a "conservative libertarian" and "anti-regime" candidate, also said the "EU is just a new edition of Adolf Hitler" and previously caught headlines for saying women should not have the vote.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, he was seen as a rank outsider to win Sunday's election with results expected to be released on Monday afternoon.

Correction: This article has been updated to reflect the fact that Korwin-Mikke was dismissed as leader of the Congress of the New Right in January.

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