Indyplus video: Godfrey Bloom to quit as Ukip MEP after controversial 'sluts' joke

Tuesday 24 September 2013 20:39 BST

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Ukip politician Godfrey Bloom has announced he will quit as Ukip MEP after having the party whip suspended for calling women "sluts", before hitting a reporter around the head with a copy of the party's conference agenda.

Watch the incident in the clip below:

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