'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: Party reps banned from saying 'bongo bongo'
Ukip chairman Steve Crowther has said that no party representative would ever use the phrase "bongo bongo land" again.
He said the phrase was not racist but could be seen as disparaging, adding that Godfrey Bloom used it as shorthand for "foreign parts" in receipt of British aid.
Asked why it was not racist since it seemed to imply natives banging drums, Mr Crowther told Sky News:
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