'Bongo' MEP 'regrets offence'
The UK Independence Party Euro MP who said Britain should not send aid to "bongo bongo land" said he sincerely regrets "any genuine offence which might have been caused".
Ukip asks 'bongo bongo' MEP not to use phrase again
Ukip chairman Steve Crowther has asked Ukip MEP Godfrey Bloom to refrain from using a phrase - presumably "bong bongo land" - but added that a wider discussion on foreign aid was needed:
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