[quote=BBC]The UK Independence Party has banned its representatives from saying the phrase "Bongo Bongo Land", after an MEP used it to describe countries receiving government aid.
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In footage obtained by the Guardian, recorded last month at a meeting in Wordsley, West Midlands, Mr Bloom said: "How we can possibly be giving £1bn a month, when we're in this sort of debt, to Bongo Bongo Land is completely beyond me.
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Questioned on the BBC News Channel, Mr Bloom, MEP for Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire, said it would be "absurd" and "ridiculous" to label his comments racist.
He said Bongo Bongo Land was "a figment of people's imagination. It's like Ruritania or the Third World".
He added: "It's sad how anybody can be offended by a reference to a country that doesn't exist."
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"It's not in itself the right word to use and it could seem disparaging to people who come from foreign countries and that's why I've asked him not to do it again."
Mr Crowther told the BBC: : "It is lazy language, it is old-fashioned, and it is not language we want to hear used by our senior party members. That is a mistake Godfrey has made and he will not make it again."
For Labour, shadow international development minister Rushanara Ali said: "These are an offensive and narrow-minded set of remarks."
She added: "If Nigel Farage is serious about getting rid of racism and intolerance in his party, he should take action against UKIP politicians who think it's acceptable to refer to developing countries as 'Bongo Bongo Land'."
Laura Pidcock, from campaign group Show Racism the Red Card, told Today that "these crude stereotypes that see Britain as a civilised place and overseas as tribal" were "incredibly damaging".[/quote]
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UKIP really need to hire a PR team or something
Racism, anti-immigration rhetoric and the appearance of beings anti-PC are extremely popular politically, it's why both Labour and the Conservatives support immigration caps and almost never say anything positive about immigration. This is the UKIP PR team in action; it's an open secret that they're racists and they like it that way, it allows them a degree of legitimacy whilst still gaining all of the popularity that racism brings.
Maybe the third time will be the charm.
Ban this filth!
was obviously referring to obongo land guys
The party doth protest too much, methinks.
In other news, the UKIP actually had to explicitly ban its members from using the term "Bongo Bongo Land."
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