Nigel Farage, David Cameron and Ed Miliband were embroiled in a Twitter spat following the UKIP leader's comments that race equality laws should be scrapped.
Mr Farage said race discrimination laws in the workplace were no longer necessary and should be abolished.
His comments drew fire from David Cameron on Twitter who accused him of "attention seeking" and Ed Miliband, who described the remarks as "dangerous".
Mr Farage immediately returned fire accusing Mr Cameron of not caring and Mr Miliband of believing only in bureaucracy.
Speaking in an interview with the former equalities chief Trevor Phillips, Mr Farage said the worries over discrimination by employers would have been valid 40 years ago but not now.
Mr Farage, who described UKIP as "colour blind", said: "I think the situation that we now have, where an employer is not allowed to choose between a British-born person and somebody from Poland, is a ludicrous state of affairs.
"I would argue that the law does need changing, and that if an employer wishes to choose, or you can use the word 'discriminate' if you want to, but wishes to choose to employ a British-born person, they should be allowed to do so."
Mr Farage was described as "wrong and desperate for attention" by number 10 and was accused of "breathtaking ignorance" by Labour.
Nick Clegg also said he disagreed with Mr Farage's comments.
Mr Cameron tweeted: "Nigel Farage is attention seeking. The laws protect people from racial discrimination. It's deeply concerning he doesn't understand that."
Mr Farage immediately hit back posting: "@David_Cameron The people the law doesn't protect are British workers, black or white. Disturbing, though unsurprising, that u don't care."
Mr Miliband tweeted: "I think Nigel Farage's comments today are wrong, divisive and dangerous. The laws we have on equality represent our values as a country."
To which Mr Farage replied: "@Ed_Miliband The laws don't represent these values, Ed. The British people do. We believe in Britain. You believe in bureaucracy."
During the Channel 4 interview, Mr Farage also said people were more worried there were Muslims who wanted to form a "fifth column and kill us" and that there had not previously been a group who wanted to "change who we are".
He said: "So don't be surprised if there isn't a slight increase in people's worries and concerns.
"You know, when you've got British, when you've got people, born and bred in Cardiff, with British passports, going out to fight for Isis, don't be surprised if there isn't an uptick in concern."
He added: "There is an especial problem with some of the people who've come here and who are of the Muslim religion who don't want to become part of our culture.
"So there is no previous experience, in our history, of a migrant group that comes to Britain, that fundamentally wants to change who we are and what we are.
"That is, I think, above everything else, what people are really concerned about."
Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan said: "This is one of the most shocking things I have ever heard from a mainstream politician and demonstrates breathtaking ignorance.
"We have made huge progress on tackling racial inequality and discrimination in this country, partly because of Labour's strong anti-discrimination laws, but things are still far from perfect."
It comes as Gillian Duffy, who famously tackled Gordon Brown about the immigration issue during the 2010 election campaign, told Sky News she would be voting for Labour and not for UKIP.
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