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During a debate on women in politics at the party's central London gathering, the 63-year-old sparked a row by shouting: "This place is full of sluts!"

The European Parliament member for Yorkshire and the Humber made the comments after two of his colleagues brought up his previous gaffe about 'women not cleaning behind the fridge enough'.

Then, defending his "joke" outside the venue, Bloom branded a Channel 4 news presenter "racist" before hitting him with a Ukip brochure.

Channel 4's Michael Crick had asked Bloom why there were no black people pictured on the conference handout.

But Bloom blasted: "What a racist comment is that. How dare you. That's an appalling thing to say.

"You're picking people out for the colour of their skin. You disgust me, get out of my way.

"Appalling man. Racist. You, sir, are a racist. You take this and you've checked out the colour of people's faces."

As he stormed away from TV cameras, Bloom then used the brochure to hit Crick over the head.

Later, Bloom was suspended by party bosses, as they began a probe into events.

Leader Nigel Farage branded his behaviour "selfish" and blasted him for overshadowing "all the good things" happening at the conference.

He said: "The trouble with Godfrey is that he is not a racist, he's not an extremist or any of those things and he's not even anti-women but he has a sort-of rather old fashioned territorial army sense of humour which does not translate very well in modern Britain.

"What he ought to have learnt is that time and time again he says things that overshadow the whole agenda that Ukip is fighting for.

"My opinion is Godfrey has gone beyond the pale. He's a friend of mine and I'm sorry to say it but he has gone beyond the pale and I think we have no option but to remove the whip from him."

It is not the first time Mr Bloom has embarrassed his party.

Earlier in the year he claimed British aid shouldn't be sent to "Bongo-Bongo land".