Footballer apologises for ‘ugly girls’ Ukip analogy in TV debate

Footballer Joey Barton has apologised after claiming Ukip’s European election victory made them the best of "four really ugly girls" on the BBC’s Question Time.

The controversial QPR midfielder, 31, who has one cap for England, made the comment in a heated exchange with new Ukip MEP Louise Bours.

Dismissing Ukip’s euro election win as a protest vote he told her: “All you represent to me as Ukip is the best of a bad bunch.