Ukip's parliamentary candidate for Deal and Dover has come under fire for posting a map containing "disgusting, anti-gay and anti-women" jibes on his Facebook page.

The party's hopeful David Little uploaded the spoof cartoon of "The Ukip Map of the World" on the social media site, prompting a backlash from MP Charlie Elphicke.

The sketch refers to Africa as "Bongo Bongo Land," London as home to "cosmopolitan poofters" and "zillions of immigrants" and the people of Scotland as "ungrateful bastards".

The map by cartoonist Martha Richler also brands women in Wales "God-fearing fridge-cleaning women".

Mr Little, who will take on Mr Elphicke in next year's general election, insists he posted the map poking fun at his own party in an attempt at "self-deprecating satire".

But Mr Elphicke claims he has received complaints from constituents about it, and has called for Mr Little to apologise.

He told a national newspaper: "They think it's ­disgusting, anti-gay and anti-women."

Mr Elphicke called for the Ukip hopeful to disassociate ­himself from the spoof map and apologise.

Mr Little hit back on the social media site last night, saying: "In the Sunday papers Charlie Elphicke says his constituents have been complaining to him that this is offensive.

"It's called self-deprecating satire Charlie, the joke is on Ukip."

He later thanked Mr Elphicke for the publicity, adding on Twitter: "Big thanks to @charlieelphicke for the publicity, I owe you a favour.”

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