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

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Originally Posted by Ardemax

If you call that dry humour then I don't know what to think.

Can't we all just agree that Bloom is a sexist pig who deserves to be nowhere near the public eye?

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Well you must be really fun to be around, a real laugh.

He's apparently resigned as a UKIP MEP now and will serve out his term as an independent, but apparently is going to remain a party member: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/mi...-serious-ukip/ .... I have to say that, as a party member, it's pretty disgraceful the way he's been pushed under the bus (assuming he hasn't left on his own accord) to please the media who at the end of the day, are never ever going to like UKIP and are not going to treat it like the other three parties. He's been crucified by a hostile media over what was a private joke among friends.

If Godfrey stood as an MEP (independent) in the Yorkshire region in 2014, he'd have my vote over any of the UKIP candidates. Point being: one of the reasons I joined the party was for people like Bloom, watch his lectures/talks and he says what he thinks rather than the impression I get from people like Diane James (who is on the same page as me) who tend to play it safe and just sound like every other politician reading out their manifesto on television.

A great shame and i'm pretty disappointed at the leadership.

http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/Godfr...#axzz2foIZiYoJ

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Originally Posted by thisisgrimsby

UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom will not seek re-election in next year's European elections. Mr Bloom, who was suspended from the party last week after making a joke about "*****" at the party conference, said he would "sit out" the rest of his term in Brussels as an independent.

The news comes as some councillors in North East Lincolnshire called on him to resign over the comments. In a statement, the Yorkshire and Humber MEP said: "I have felt for some time now that the 'New UKIP' is not really right for me anymore perhaps than New Labour was right for the Denis 'The beast of Bolsover' Skinner.

"However our message is clear. Self Government. Our wonderful and loyal membership will win through with their dedication and hard work. It has been a pleasure to work with them for fifteen years.

"May I take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to the thousands of people who have supported me with messages of good will in the recent months and particularly in recent days. There have been simply too many to make a personal response, forgive me.

"I shall sit out my term as an independent and give my whole hearted support to Jane Collins who is almost certainly going to be the next UKIP MEP and probably a second seat yet to be decided. I shall of course retain my membership. "Onwards and upwards!"

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It appears then that he's left on good terms and is going to stay in the party, still a great shame though.

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Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

Well you must be really fun to be around, a real laugh.

He's apparently resigned as a UKIP MEP now and will serve out his term as an independent, but apparently is going to remain a party member: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/mi...-serious-ukip/ .... I have to say that, as a party member, it's pretty disgraceful the way he's been pushed under the bus (assuming he hasn't left on his own accord) to please the media who at the end of the day, are never ever going to like UKIP and are not going to treat it like the other three parties. He's been crucified by a hostile media over what was a private joke among friends.

If Godfrey stood as an MEP (independent) in the Yorkshire region in 2014, he'd have my vote over any of the UKIP candidates. Point being: one of the reasons I joined the party was for people like Bloom, watch his lectures/talks and he says what he thinks rather than the impression I get from people like Diane James (who is on the same page as me) who tend to play it safe and just sound like every other politician reading out their manifesto on television.

A great shame and i'm pretty disappointed at the leadership.

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I like people who say what they think.. but only if they speak sense, which is hugely subjective and a reason why speaking your mind can always be risky. You'll always herbs sort of "marmite reaction".

I'm not sure your dig at Ardemax is fair - the fact he doesn't find a joke about branding an entire group of women spurs hardly makes him a boring person.

I imagine it is safe to say that the larger UKIP gets, the more "safe" they will become, and if they do become really big they will eventually swing towards the voters.

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Originally Posted by Marketing

I'm not sure your dig at Ardemax is fair - the fact he doesn't find a joke about branding an entire group of women spurs hardly makes him a boring person.

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Most of the people I know - including myself - love dark/blue humour.

The fact is that although people may pretend to be outraged on this forum and on the BBC about jokes made about women etc, most of us hear far worse - and laugh at it - down at the pub, at parties or in the car with family and friends. The soft joke on FB that an oven is a woman's Xbox? hilarious ... yet if Bloom had said that in a meeting you'd still be calling for his head for party political reasons.

Across normal, working class pubs in this country the jokes that come from the likes of Bernard Manning and Roy Chubby Brown are laughed at.

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Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

Most of the people I know - including myself - love dark/blue humour.

The fact is that although people may pretend to be outraged on this forum and on the BBC about jokes made about women etc, most of us hear far worse - and laugh at it - down at the pub, at parties or in the car with family and friends. The soft joke on FB that an oven is a woman's Xbox? hilarious ... yet if Bloom had said that in a meeting you'd still be calling for his head for party political reasons.

Across normal, working class pubs in this country the jokes that come from the likes of Bernard Manning and Roy Chubby Brown are laughed at.

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Personally, I find many jokes funny (although I don't think branding people ***** is funny anyway, I fail to see the humour here, but whatever). HOWEVER, I wouldn't expect a politician to crack a joke about the holocaust, a disabled person or black people - despite the fact that I may find the joke privately amusing, it simply would not be appropriate at a party conference, or at a product announcement as another example.

Having said that, many others would be outraged at a joke about one of the above topics, whether it be cancer, the holocaust etc. Just because you, or I, find something amusing doesn't mean the next person will. Oh and before someone bites my head off for my thoughts on joke topics I shall repeat this quote; "Just because I find something funny, does not mean I subscribe to its rhetoric".