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27 January 2014

Watch: Godfrey Bloom mocks disabled student, asks “are you Richard III?“ during debate

The former UKIP MEP resorts to ableism during a debate at the Oxford Union.

By Media Mole

Last week (23 January) the Oxford Union hosted a debate – motion: “This House Believes postwar Britain has seen too much immigration” – between Lord Singh, Nadhim Zahawi MP and author Monica Ali on one side, and Douglas Murray and former UKIP (now independent) MEP Godfrey Bloom on the other. 

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