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

How do we define "child bearing age"? 14 to 50?

Anyhow see the below....dya think any one of these will be voting UKIP?

Many mothers 'feel discriminated against at work'

"More than a quarter of mothers in the UK feel discriminated against at work, a survey suggests.

A third of 1,975 women questioned for legal firm Slater and Gordon said they found it impossible to climb the career ladder and 54% said their employer could do more to support working mums.

Yet 35% thought they worked harder since having children.

Employers said businesses were better than ever at managing maternity leave and reintegrating mothers.

And England's employment minister Jo Swinson said it was illegal to sack a woman because she is pregnant or on maternity leave.

"Such action constitutes pregnancy discrimination and could result in an employer in front of an employment tribunal," she added.

"The government is committed to making sure that more businesses make the best use of women's talents throughout the organisation, from boardroom to the shop floor.

"This is why from April 2015 we're introducing shared parental leave and pay which will allow couples to choose how they share care for their child in the first year after birth."

Few women speak out when they suffer discrimination, says Kiran Daurka
But a total of 35% of the mothers questioned across the UK by One Poll in July said their workplace was not supportive of their situation when they were pregnant and 31% felt they were not well treated by their employer while on maternity leave.

Some 27% said they had felt under pressure to return to work earlier than they wanted too.

Once back in the workplace, 29% felt they had been overlooked for a promotion because they had responsibilities as a mother."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-23600465

John.

Why should they not vote for whichever party they feel is best?

I guess from the percentages that the figures in the article linked to above are based on a multiple choice survey, and most of the ladies are fairly happy with things as they are.

Sadly multiple choice questions are often abused by the parties carrying out the survey.

So sad that the ladies trust has been abused in such a manner for political benefit.

Anyway back to Godfrey Bloom.

The Gentleman speaks common sense,
I am amazed by the idiots circling like vultures around every word he says,
trying to find any PC error with his terminology.

I am sure they will.

The bottom line is his intent. And try as he may to pathetically hide it on national TV it was obvious where the remark was aimed and what it meant and obvious that it wasnt aimed at a certain breed of Antelope or an African statesman.

Good on ya Godfrey. You sure seem to have a way of proving what Cameron and Clarke have said about UKIP all along.....

Democracy

Indeed.

Do you mean to tell me that chimney sweeps can't employ children any more? Oh bugger.

This thread has certainly served to remind me of why I left the UK in early 2007 and why I never wish to live there ever again.

A certain amount of political correctness was inevitable and desirable in a multi-cultural society but frankly the UK has gone totally overboard: Brussels can be blamed for much of this and for all of the excesses. The end result is that some Britons have become remarkably thin-skinned and see offence where others, of a more robust disposition, see a bit of old fashioned British humour.

Dear Mark; the reason why I no longer wish to live in Britain is that Nothing Gets Done.

We have layer upon layer of jobsworths in Elfin Safety, PeeSee, and Advanced Formfilling, PPE to be worn at all times, all addressing issues, tackling concerns, ensuring effective delivery, driving solutions, advancing, collaborating, combating, pledging, facilitating, fostering radical change by focusing on what is key.

The government is establishing a Global Learning Exchange on impact investment. Impact investment provides capital to deliver both social and financial results.

This multi-stakeholder exchange will focus on sharing best practice on ‘what works’ in impact investing. It will provide a shared platform to debate and create ideas as well as inviting new voices to the field.

Social impact investment has a critical role to play in helping entrepreneurs around the world to identify sustainable solutions to the most challenging social issues. The G8 Social Impact Investment Forum represents an exciting point in the development of the field – bringing together, for the first time, government, industry and civil society leaders to identify ways to catalyse the global market

And the last three paragraphs are from a perfectly genuine Cabinet Office Press Release.

Nuff said!

The UK is totally ruined these days, success is frowned upon, and the general public treated worse than battery hens.

I left in 1994.

Left in 85, came back in 91, left in 95, came back in 02, It was worse each time. I hope to leave again, shortly, and never return.

Which has bred a risk-averse, entitlement society and this is mirrored throughout the EU. No wonder visitors to the UK remark on the long faces they see on the underground, in buses and on the streets: nobody has anything to be happy about. Nurses no longer care for the sick, they spend their shifts filling-in forms; swings and slides are being removed from childrens' playgrounds because of 'elf and safety and governments doesn't serve the people - the people serve the government.

Indeed this government doesn't even make a pretence of serving the people, from Cameron and Clegg down they are arrogant and totally dismissive of and removed from those who elected them. Is it any wonder then, that the Tory party is haemorrhaging members and a number of its local associations exist only on paper, they having no actual members (according to today's Daily Wail). Not that the Labour Party have anything to crow about, they clearly elected the wrong Milliband and those chickens are coming home to roost. The Lib-Dems are a busted flush and stand no chance of national electoral success for many years to come - but they do run local services remarkably well.

I am beginning to accept that the days of three party politics are over in the UK and the next election will be a battle between the far right and the far left and ultimately the term "United Kingdom" will cease to be apposite. I predict that the far left will emerge as the power brokers who, with a limp-along minority government, will beg Brussels to subsume the country into the Euromess. Part of that deal will inevitably mean London losing its position as a financial capital and all the banks, exchanges and financial trading companies will relocate to Germany. Gone too will be the 'special' (one-way) friendship between the US and the UK as the latter will no longer have any influence in Europe. I believe it's a fair bet that the Queen will be the last head of state for countries like Australia and Canada: they will seek to remedy that anomoly and the Commonwealth heads of state will pass a resolution to drop the word "British" from the name of their collective, thereby eroding Britain's position in the world even further. Parliament will then cease to have any relevance and it, along with other government buildings should be converted into cheap social housing for the tens of thousands of itinerant Bulgarian and Romanian Roma. Not that any of the current crop of politicians will care or be affected: before they relinquish power, they will have made sure they receive index-linked final salary pensions for the remainder of their natural. And possibly move abroad.

Even if the foregoing doesn't come to pass, life in the Philippines has a lot more going for it than in the UK. The big difference is that here we expats accept we do not have the power to effect change whilst you in the UK do have the power but you choose not to exercise it. It will be interesting to witness the Philippines slow (and painful) re-emergence as an economic powerhouse whilst at the same time shake our heads in disbelief as the UK sinks into the abyss of becoming Europe's newest third world nation.

Wikipedia definition of Bong Bongo Land

"In British English, Bongo Bongo Land (or Bongo-bongo Land) is a reference to Third World countries, particularly in Africa, or to a fictional such country.
The term may come from one of the following:

bongo drums, as (inaccurately) supposed to be played by natives
the largest forest antelope in Africa, the near-threatened bongo
a parody of African place-names or languages

The term has featured in political controversies. Alan Clark, while Conservative Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton, once, in a departmental meeting, allegedly referred to Africa as "Bongo Bongo Land". When called to account, however, by then Prime Minister John Major, Clark denied the comment had any racist overtones, claiming it had simply been a reference to the President of Gabon, Omar Bongo.

Taki Theodoracopulos called Kenya "bongo-bongo land" in his Spectator column. The Guardian later criticized his use of "offensive and outdated stereotypes".

In July 2013, Godfrey Bloom, Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber for the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) was filmed referring to countries which receive overseas aid from the United Kingdom, including continental Europe, as "Bongo Bongo Land". UKIP later banned use of the term, and while Bloom refused to apologise for his remarks, he later stated that he regretted "any genuine offence which might have been caused." A spokesperson from Show Racism the Red Card stated that Bloom's remarks were: "crude stereotypes that see Britain as a civilised place and overseas as tribal"."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongo_Bongo_Land

Cameron evacuates staff from ‘Bongo-Bongo’ Embassy

"In a statement today, the Foreign Office expressed its gratitude to Godfrey Bloom for raising awareness of the plight of this tiny West African state, while announcing all UK embassy staff have been ordered to leave the country. ‘Many people will have misunderstood Mr Bloom’s comments as the incoherent ramblings of a racist idiot, but these small nations are easily marginalized’.

Meanwhile Oliver Mweseke, Exterior Minister of the xenophobically theoretical state, expressed outrage at being made into an international laughing stock. ‘If our country were to actually exist’ he said. ‘It would pronounced Bonjeu-Bonjeu and almost certainly have a hyphen. It is a grave discourtesy to fail to take the trouble to spell the name of a country correctly, even if it is fictional’.

‘Unfortunately, this proud French colony is often the standing joke for a**eholes,’ said Mr Bloom, who is the MEP for the county of ‘Ay-up Ay-up’, ‘UKIP has nothing but praise for the the gravitas and dignity with which these people comport themselves. Terrorist threats to this nation are as real as the our chances at the next General Election.’"


http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2013/08/07/cameron-evacuates-staff-from-bongo-bongo-embassy/

UKIP's Godfrey Bloom under fire over 'demeaning' joke

"A UKIP politician has had the party whip removed after joking that a group of female activists were "sluts".

MEP Godfrey Bloom made the comments while addressing a "women in politics" event at UKIP's annual conference.

Challenged afterwards, he said it had been a joke. The remark prompted laughter from some of those present.

But UKIP leader Nigel Farage said he believed disciplinary action should be taken, since the row had overshadowed his earlier conference speech.

Mr Farage said he did not have the power to suspend him without the authority of the party chairman and governing executive but would recommend sanctions against the Yorkshire and Humber MEP who he said had "gone beyond the pale"."

Oh Dear, Geoffrey ....again...


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24175041

Yes, fairly shocking that this kind of thing happens.

Looks like people are just out to get the poor man, again.

The rest of UKIP are not amused. This is the last straw....

Unfortunately for Mr Bloom, his ancestors were foolish enough to give women the vote...

I hate political correctness, and prefer straight talking, honest people, I personally see nothing wrong with what was said by Godfrey.

But I suppose that his days were numbered after his earlier problems, makes a great article for the gutter press.

I just wouldnt want him representing my country. He doesnt even have any saving graces.