IT is not often you will read these words in this column, but David Cameron was right.

His claim that UKIP is full of "fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists" has been provided with more evidence this week.

The PM's only error is that he has since downplayed his remarks as the Tories run scared of UKIP's election success and poll ratings in parts of England.

Now, I admit it was many years ago now, but from my recollection of O-Grade Geography, I don't remember Bongo Bongo land.

You won't find this place on a map or globe, even if you search through historical maps in dusty libraries.

You need to search in a far darker and murkier place to find Bongo Bongo land.

It exists inside the head of people like Godfrey Bloom, UKIP MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber.

His use of childish, archaic phrases to describe Africa is stupid, but his views on foreign aid reveals more about the selfish nature of the MEP and of his party.

His leader Nigel Farage told him not to use the phrase again, but backed his overall idea that we spend too much money on foreign aid.

Mr Bloom said people are sick of sending ­£1billion a month to other countries.

Wrong. Britain's foreign aid budget last year was £8.6bn.

Back to my O-Grades, this time arithmetic and that's around £700million a month, but what's £300m here or there when there's an electorate to mislead.

His big concern about taxes is that duty makes the price of beer and fags too high.

But when he boasts of an eight-pint "session" in the pub every week, you see why it's a concern.

You might not be surprised to hear Mr Bloom has views on other topics.

'No small businessman with a brain would employ a woman of child bearing age', he has opined.

On prostitution, he claimed "most girls do it because they want to, if they wanted a job as a Tesco check-out girl they'd go do that instead".

I've mentioned my O-Grade exams a lot in this week's column.

It must be because the results for the current crop of Glasgow pupils came out this week.

Thinking back to my school days and talking of UKIP reminds me of a TV commercial in the 1970s and 80s, the era in which people like Mr Bloom are stuck.

And with thanks to Mr Cameron, I feel it should be used for the next UKIP conference.

We won't mention the product here, no free advertising, but the jingle to the Nutcracker music sang "Everyone's a fruit and nut case".