'Gaffe machine' Bloom wins award for gobbledygook
Bungling Ukip politician Godfrey Bloom's gaffe-prone prose has won him an award for gobbledygook.
The controversial former MEP, who is now an Independent MEP for Yorkshire and Humber, has been named the winner of the Plain English Campaign's Foot in Mouth award for 2013.
The award marks an eventful year for Mr Bloom, who was censured for calling women "sluts" at a meeting and for hitting a Channel 4 News journalist over the head with a conference programme.
He had previously been widely condemned for referring to Bongo Bongo Land when he was discussing overseas aid.
A campaign spokesman said: "Bloom was an overwhelming choice for the Foot in Mouth award and, to be fair to him, could easily have won this award on at least two other occasions. (He is) a wince-inducing gaffe machine and we could fill a page or two with his ill-advised quotes from 2013 alone."