UKIP Chief Forced To Deny He Played Bungle in Rainbow

Another victory for the internet as UKIP’s deputy leader has today been forced to deny he starred as walking teddy bear Bungle in 70s kids’ TV show Rainbow – reports The Mirror.

Paul Nuttall, MEP for Merseyside, Lancashire, Cumbria, Cheshire and Greater Manchester, had his Wikipedia page edited by pranksters to say: “Nuttall was the original Bungle in children’s television show Rainbow.”

The North West MEP, from Bootle, told the Liverpool Daily Echo: “I think this is probably the funniest thing I’ve ever read about myself on the internet. I’m all for it.”

But the politician poured cold water over the rumours, saying: “Considering I wasn’t even born when Rainbow started, it makes it very difficult indeed for this to be true.”

[Fact fans: Bungle was actually played by actors John Leeson, Stanley Bates, Malcolm Lord and Paul Cullinan.]