UKIP bans 'Bongo Bongo Land' phrase used by Godfrey Bloom

"The chairman of the UK Independence Party, Steve Crowther, has said UKIP MEPs should not use the phrase "Bongo Bongo Land" again.

Godfrey Bloom had used it to describe countries receiving government aid.

Mr Crowther said the phrase should not have been used and was "lazy" and "old-fashioned"."


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23607116

Yep, I think the guy showed his and his parties true colours. And they know it. He dropped a clanger.

Godfrey Bloom in action in 2010....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11835099



This guy, Godfrey Bloom, is not a good advert for UKIP........... LOL.

Another of his gaffs:

"No self-respecting small businessman" would employ a "woman of child-bearing age".


And Farage:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8544651.stm

Is that a gaffe?

It seems to be a perfectly reasonable consideration for a small business man,
especially with all the social requirements imposed on the employer these days.

A lot of what the UKIP people say makes perfect sense.

We should put that question to our female counterparts who form a large chunk of the electorate....

He is even an embarrasment to his own party, it would seem.


Evidently he has apologised.

"Godfrey Bloom, a senior Ukip politician, has said sorry for any "genuine" offence caused by his use of the term "bongo bongo land", after pressure from Nigel Farage.

The MEP said he had apologised after being told by his party leader that the phrase could be seen as "disparaging" to foreigners."

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/aug/07/godfrey-bloom-regret-bongo-land-ukip

From Wikipedia:

"On women's rights
A few weeks after being appointed to the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality on 20 July 2004, Bloom told an interview that, "no self-respecting small businessman with a brain in the right place would ever employ a lady of child-bearing age." Around the same time, he said that "I just don't think [women] clean behind the fridge enough" and that "I am here to represent Yorkshire women who always have dinner on the table when you get home." Bloom told BBC Radio 4's Today that his comments were "said for fun" to illustrate a more serious point, that equal-rights legislation was in fact putting women out of work.

Bloom confessed that he used to visit brothels in Hong Kong, claiming that "terrified young women beaten into prostitution often from Eastern Europe [...] is only a very small aspect of the flesh trade", and concluded that "in short, most girls do it because they want to."

After inviting students from the University of Cambridge Women's Rugby Club to Brussels in 2004, he was accused of sexual harassment, making sexist comments and using offensive language during a dinner party. One student handed in a formal letter of protest to the President of the European Parliament, heavily criticising Bloom's behaviour. Bloom who sponsored the club with £3,000 a year, later admitted making misogynist comments but denied sexual harassment."

So you think that the small businessman should employ people only because of his "social responsibility",
rather than using his judgement in an attempt to keep the business succesful and profitable.



OK for the female counterparts (large chunk):
So you think that the small businesswoman should employ people only because of her "social responsibility",
rather than using her judgement in an attempt to keep her business succesful and profitable.



We are not talking about the bloated public sector here,
we are talking about a small business.

He is welcome to that brand of free speech, in the same way as the women of this country of child bearing age have a free vote.

Next he will be saying that no self respecting small businessmen would employ anyone over 16!

I dont think this will help capture the female vote....

"UKIP's Godfrey Bloom: 'Bongo-Bongo Land' MEP in new rant about women drivers

In an astonishing and wide-ranging outburst, he branded women as bad drivers who cannot reverse as well as men"



http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ukips-godfrey-bloom-bongo-bongo-land-2138244

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news...ying-most-prostitutes-not-exploited-1-2609582

"In an extraordinary admission, the UK Independence Party politician has said that as a Hong Kong-based businessman he used to visit whorehouses as if he were going for a curry following an after-work drink.

"But in an article penned for the Brussels-based political magazine The Sprout, he claimed the amount of beer usually drunk by him and colleagues meant that visits were never consummated."

He must have been very well paid, in that case. When I was "a Hong Kong businessman" I certainly could not afford to "visit whorehouses as if one were going for a curry following an after-work drink". But then, he was in financial services...

Pure class

Nothing wrong with such observations.

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Interesting thought:
How PC is your daily life?
Does it matter

I don't think that kind of statement will impress the female electorate. This along with his other history will alienate them.

Women on rigs? Now there's a topic!

Can you see him or his party getting much of the female vote in the future? Presumably Mr Bloom would also like to be discussing votes for women......

I wonder what his daughters say to him if he has any?

Godfrey Bloom
"UKIP MEP & International Man of Bigotry"

A collection of his quotes:

http://internationalmanofbigotry.tumblr.com/




BTW:

This man that represents a party that wants to shut down immigration altogether including the spousal route (5 years * ) seemingly has 2 Kashmiri servants and a Polish wife!

*UKIP would introduce a five year freeze on immigration for permanent settlement (with some exceptions) until we regain control of our borders, put in effective immigration controls, and deal with the issue of illegal immigrants.

<== Frown

If you employ a small business man to fit and decorate your new kitchen, should you have the right to select the best candidate for the job.

Or does that discriminate against the inexperienced workman, who:

• has a bad reputation,
• swears like a trooper,
• is twice as expensive,
• appears permanantly drunk,
• smells rank,
• and whom you judge to be a liability.

Instead we have too much red tape,
the British economy is stifled,
and employers hold back on recruitment.

An employer who advertises a position at £30,000 p/a is not offering that position at that rate because of the employment laws.

Anyway enough politics, I am off out for a beer with the natives.