00:41UK: Farage seeks to refocus UKIP after 'sluts' controversy
UK: Farage seeks to refocus UKIP after 'sluts' controversy
Nigel Farage sought to bring the focus back to the UK Independent Party's political positions Saturday at UKIP's autumn conference in London, a day after MEP Godfrey Bloom caused controversy when he referred to a room full of women as "sluts" and later hit a television reporter over the head with a copy of the UKIP conference agenda.
Said UKIP leader Farage: "Voting UKIP isn't about whether you get this lot or the other lot, what we showed on May 2 was, our potential now is to say to the British voters 'vote UKIP and you will get UKIP.'"
A day earlier Farage had lamented that "there is no media coverage of this conference. It's gone, it's dead, it's all about Godfrey hitting a journalist and using an unpleasant four-letter word."
Bloom is known for his previous gaffes which include referring to Africa as "bongo-bongo land" whilst simultaneously calling for Britain to stop sending aid to the continent, and questioning why businesses would ever hire "a lady of child-bearing age."
UKIP have seen their best poll ratings in the past year, also enjoying some success in May 2 local elections.
00:41UK: Farage seeks to refocus UKIP after 'sluts' controversy
Nigel Farage sought to bring the focus back to the UK Independent Party's political positions Saturday at UKIP's autumn conference in London, a day after MEP Godfrey Bloom caused controversy when he referred to a room full of women as "sluts" and later hit a television reporter over the head with a copy of the UKIP conference agenda.
Said UKIP leader Farage: "Voting UKIP isn't about whether you get this lot or the other lot, what we showed on May 2 was, our potential now is to say to the British voters 'vote UKIP and you will get UKIP.'"
A day earlier Farage had lamented that "there is no media coverage of this conference. It's gone, it's dead, it's all about Godfrey hitting a journalist and using an unpleasant four-letter word."
Bloom is known for his previous gaffes which include referring to Africa as "bongo-bongo land" whilst simultaneously calling for Britain to stop sending aid to the continent, and questioning why businesses would ever hire "a lady of child-bearing age."
UKIP have seen their best poll ratings in the past year, also enjoying some success in May 2 local elections.