{"id":150426,"date":"2014-10-13T21:48:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T01:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/former-ukip-mep-godfrey-bloom-quits-party-because-it-is-too-politically-correct.php"},"modified":"2014-10-13T21:48:47","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T01:48:47","slug":"former-ukip-mep-godfrey-bloom-quits-party-because-it-is-too-politically-correct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarianism\/former-ukip-mep-godfrey-bloom-quits-party-because-it-is-too-politically-correct.php","title":{"rendered":"Former Ukip MEP Godfrey Bloom quits party because it is too &#39;politically correct&#39;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>    Bear in mind we started in 2009 in Europe with 13 MEPs and we    ended up with five, so there are dead UKIP bodies all over the    place with knives quivering in their back so make sure its not    yours.  <\/p>\n<p>    The former MEP, who was first elected to Brussels in 2004,    said: I was a founding member of Ukip and Ive been a    significant donor.  <\/p>\n<p>    But now I find that instead of being the libertarian party,    the party of common sense, Ive been banned from speaking.  <\/p>\n<p>    So, yes, its a very sad day for me. But the party seems to    have gone astray.\"  <\/p>\n<p>    He added: \"Quite whats going on I couldnt say, but Ive had    enough.  <\/p>\n<p>    What kind of party are we supposed to be? The while point and    the reason we are doing so well is because we were supposed to    something different.  <\/p>\n<p>    We seem to be drifting towards the politically correct    mainstream like everybody else.  <\/p>\n<p>    Ive had enough of party politics. I dont think party    politics is for people who tell it like it is.  <\/p>\n<p>    Mr Bloom caused an outcry in 2012 after saying that foreign aid    is sent to \"Bongo Bongo Land\".  <\/p>\n<p>    It came after he sparked accusations of sexism after saying: I    just dont think they clean behind the fridge enough, a remark    which ultimately led to his downfall.  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>See original here: <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/telegraph.feedsportal.com\/c\/32726\/f\/579309\/s\/3f6b5546\/sc\/7\/l\/0L0Stelegraph0O0Cnews0Cpolitics0Cukip0C11160A5550CFormer0EUkip0EMEP0EGodfrey0EBloom0Equits0Eparty0Ebecause0Eit0Eis0Etoo0Epolitically0Ecorrect0Bhtml\/story01.htm\/RK=0\/RS=rzg9cTxlUzq9Wbx.CM9.oDO22EI-\" title=\"Former Ukip MEP Godfrey Bloom quits party because it is too &#39;politically correct&#39;\">Former Ukip MEP Godfrey Bloom quits party because it is too &#39;politically correct&#39;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Bear in mind we started in 2009 in Europe with 13 MEPs and we ended up with five, so there are dead UKIP bodies all over the place with knives quivering in their back so make sure its not yours. The former MEP, who was first elected to Brussels in 2004, said: I was a founding member of Ukip and Ive been a significant donor. But now I find that instead of being the libertarian party, the party of common sense, Ive been banned from speaking.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarianism\/former-ukip-mep-godfrey-bloom-quits-party-because-it-is-too-politically-correct.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libertarianism"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150426"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}