I have spent some time thinking about comments made by Godfrey Bloom last week (Bongo is not racist, 9 August). I have recently returned from a two-year voluntary work placement in Bongo-Bongo Land. I ...

Godfrey Bloom, the senior Ukip politician under fire for referring to "bongo bongo land", has come up with another reason why the phrase is not racist – it refers to a white antelope. The MEP said the ...

THE picture in the fan-mag showed this gangly kid in jeans and a sweat shirt, his face contorted, mouth wide open, beating with both hands on a bongo set round his shoulder, over it the headline BONGO ...

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Bloom used the phrase as he claimed that overseas aid was being wasted on luxury items such as sunglasses and Ferraris. The fruit juice manufacturer has released the statement as Bloom’s words have ...

He has been denounced as sexist, racist and a political laughing stock. But unlike many other politicians, the outspoken MEP Godfrey Bloom clearly doesn’t take himself too seriously. After a year in ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — On Wednesday, the Providence Animal Rescue League brought us Bongo. Bongo is 3 years old, fully grown and loves to play, go on walks or simply cuddle up. He’s charming, sweet ...

Does Katie Bloom live up to the stereotype expected of a Ukip wife? All twinset and pearls, received pronunciation and cucumber sandwiches? The wife of Godfrey Bloom, the Ukip MEP notorious for his ...

The chairman of the UK Independence Party, Steve Crowther, has said UKIP MEPs should not use the phrase "Bongo Bongo Land" again. Godfrey Bloom had used it to describe countries receiving government ...

He played on "Earth Angel" and with legends including Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and Jackie Wilson. By Mike Barnes Preston Epps, a percussionist whose 1959 instrumental hit “Bongo Rock” ...