Brexit Party’s Nigel Farage investigated by police over vow to ‘take knife to the pen pushers’
5 years, 3 months ago

Brexit Party’s Nigel Farage investigated by police over vow to ‘take knife to the pen pushers’

The Independent  

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Nigel Farage defends Elon Musk over critical grooming gangs posts
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Nigel Farage defends Elon Musk over critical grooming gangs posts

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It’s time for Labour and the Tories to show Nigel Farage is not the answer to the UK’s problems
2 weeks ago

It’s time for Labour and the Tories to show Nigel Farage is not the answer to the UK’s problems

The Independent  

Normally, when either Labour or the Conservatives are doing badly, the other prospers. The new Tory leader’s strategy of delaying major policy announcements until much closer to the next election might have been right if her party were facing a traditional fight with Labour. The prime minister has another dilemma after Mr Farage offered to act as a go-between to …

Nigel Farage refuses to take ‘woke’ anti-bullying training for MPs
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Nigel Farage refuses to take ‘woke’ anti-bullying training for MPs

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Nigel Farage has scared the Tories into abandoning the centre for the hard right
3 months ago

Nigel Farage has scared the Tories into abandoning the centre for the hard right

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Nigel Farage ditches Reform UK’s ‘contract with the people’ just 2 months after election
4 months, 1 week ago

Nigel Farage ditches Reform UK’s ‘contract with the people’ just 2 months after election

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Half of voters think Reform leader Nigel Farage is responsible for riots, poll reveals
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Half of voters think Reform leader Nigel Farage is responsible for riots, poll reveals

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Farage reaches out to Elon Musk as he rages about ‘open borders’ media conspiracy as approval ratings plummet
5 months ago

Farage reaches out to Elon Musk as he rages about ‘open borders’ media conspiracy as approval ratings plummet

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Farage cites Andrew Tate as source of questions about alleged Southport attacker
5 months ago

Farage cites Andrew Tate as source of questions about alleged Southport attacker

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We need to lock up the thugs rioting in the streets – and then confront the real problem
5 months ago

We need to lock up the thugs rioting in the streets – and then confront the real problem

The Independent  

Days of unrest across England’s towns and cities – which have seen mosques targeted, hotels housing asylum seekers attacked, police officers injured and countless acts of vandalism by far-right rioters – are forcing us to confront an ugly and hateful element in our country. And disillusionment with politics is far wider than just on the issue of immigration; in focus …

U.K. police patrol far-right protests after third night of riots
5 months ago

U.K. police patrol far-right protests after third night of riots

The Hindu  

U.K. police monitored several far-right protests and counter-demonstrations on August 3 after a third night of rioting linked to misinformation about a mass stabbing that killed three young girls and sparked fears of more unrest. Footage broadcast by the BBC showed a mob of several hundred rampaging in Sunderland’s city centre, attacking police and setting fire to at least one …

Nigel Farage has failed to condemn mob violence – and given Keir Starmer an open goal
5 months, 1 week ago

Nigel Farage has failed to condemn mob violence – and given Keir Starmer an open goal

The Independent  

Since his election, Nigel Farage has spoken twice in the Commons – once, on the first day of the new parliament, to announce “We are the new kids on the block”; and another to make his maiden speech, in which he called for a referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Court of Human Rights. Farage wasn’t saying that …

Nigel Farage risks fomenting violence and hate by pandering to the mob
5 months, 1 week ago

Nigel Farage risks fomenting violence and hate by pandering to the mob

The Independent  

Rather than viewing Monday’s horrifying attack in Southport, in which three young girls were killed, as an occasion for mourning, the UK far right viewed it as an opportunity to cause more havoc and hurt, and attempt to further their vile ideology. Digital researchers such as Marc Owen Jones, Rod Dacombe and the anti-fascist Searchlight organisation have plotted a plausible …

Nigel Farage sparks anger over ‘inflammatory’ Leeds riot comments
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Nigel Farage sparks anger over ‘inflammatory’ Leeds riot comments

The Independent  

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Labour Government could be in trouble pretty quickly, claims Nigel Farage
6 months ago

Labour Government could be in trouble pretty quickly, claims Nigel Farage

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Nigel Farage promises to rid Reform of ‘bad apples’ during chaotic event
6 months ago

Nigel Farage promises to rid Reform of ‘bad apples’ during chaotic event

The Independent  

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Allison Pearson meets Nigel Farage: ‘Kemi Badenoch was very unpleasant’
6 months, 1 week ago

Allison Pearson meets Nigel Farage: ‘Kemi Badenoch was very unpleasant’

The Telegraph  

I notice Farage is perfectly happy to stand on the pavement and debate his critic about the invasion of Ukraine for several minutes, even though two bodyguards with earpieces are hovering anxiously. Sure enough, on Friday, Channel 4 claimed to have carried out a sting on one Reform canvasser who was filmed calling Sunak vile names and suggesting the Army …

Black journalist removed from Reform UK rally by security
6 months, 1 week ago

Black journalist removed from Reform UK rally by security

The Independent  

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Labour and Tories turn fire on Reform UK and Farage
6 months, 1 week ago

Labour and Tories turn fire on Reform UK and Farage

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Reform UK activist filmed using racial slur to describe Rishi Sunak while campaigning for Nigel Farage
6 months, 1 week ago

Reform UK activist filmed using racial slur to describe Rishi Sunak while campaigning for Nigel Farage

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With his Putin comments, Nigel Farage has reminded us who he really is
6 months, 2 weeks ago

With his Putin comments, Nigel Farage has reminded us who he really is

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Nigel Farage claims Reform candidate’s Hitler comments were just ‘pub speak’
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Nigel Farage claims Reform candidate’s Hitler comments were just ‘pub speak’

The Independent  

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Nigel Farage offered private security after objects thrown during campaigning
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Nigel Farage offered private security after objects thrown during campaigning

The Independent  

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Nigel Farage appears to ditch key Reform UK immigration policy during live interview
7 months ago

Nigel Farage appears to ditch key Reform UK immigration policy during live interview

The Independent  

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Nigel Farage fuels speculation with ’emergency’ General Election announcement
7 months ago

Nigel Farage fuels speculation with ’emergency’ General Election announcement

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Reform’s Tice: no pact with Conservatives who have ‘betrayed Britain’
7 months, 1 week ago

Reform’s Tice: no pact with Conservatives who have ‘betrayed Britain’

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Nigel Farage refuses to back down over 'Islamophobic' comments in fiery clash with Robert Peston as he insists some Muslims are trying to 'change our way of life' - singling out communities in Burnley
7 months, 1 week ago

Nigel Farage refuses to back down over 'Islamophobic' comments in fiery clash with Robert Peston as he insists some Muslims are trying to 'change our way of life' - singling out communities in Burnley

Daily Mail  

Nigel Farage has defended his comments claiming that young Muslims 'do not subscribe to British values' - after being accused of alienating them by Robert Peston. Nigel Farage has doubled down again on his comments claiming that young Muslims 'do not subscribe to British values' He clashed with ITV's Robert Peston over his comments, made on Sky News last Sunday …

‘Woke madness’ damaging Armed Forces, warns Farage
10 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Woke madness’ damaging Armed Forces, warns Farage

The Telegraph  

Nigel Farage has warned that “woke madness” is harming the Armed Forces after The Telegraph revealed plans to relax security checks on diversity grounds. Mr Farage, the former Brexit Party leader, claimed that diversity, equity and inclusion policies were “damaging recruitment and standards” and should be scrapped. It came after a British Army document emerged that included a proposal to …

Nigel Farage reveals his ‘final thoughts’ during Brexit banner plane crash
1 year, 1 month ago

Nigel Farage reveals his ‘final thoughts’ during Brexit banner plane crash

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Brexit gave Britain freedom to ‘make a mess of it ourselves’, says Farage
1 year, 1 month ago

Brexit gave Britain freedom to ‘make a mess of it ourselves’, says Farage

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Nigel Farage called ‘sketchy crackpot’ in secret NatWest emails
1 year, 2 months ago

Nigel Farage called ‘sketchy crackpot’ in secret NatWest emails

The Independent  

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Nigel Farage rejects suggestions he could make Tory party return
1 year, 3 months ago

Nigel Farage rejects suggestions he could make Tory party return

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Treatment of Farage ‘ought to jeopardise’ bank’s licence, senior Tory says
1 year, 5 months ago

Treatment of Farage ‘ought to jeopardise’ bank’s licence, senior Tory says

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Nigel Farage admits Brexit has ‘failed’
1 year, 7 months ago

Nigel Farage admits Brexit has ‘failed’

The Independent  

Arch-Brexiteer Nigel Farage has admitted that leaving the EU has “failed” as he sought to blame the government for what he described as its inability to take advantage of being outside the trading bloc. “I don’t think that for a moment,” Mr Farage replied when he was asked if the UK would have been better off staying in the EU, …

The good ship GB News is listing – and Nigel Farage is here to sink it
3 years, 5 months ago

The good ship GB News is listing – and Nigel Farage is here to sink it

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Unionist leader warns of violence returning to Northern Ireland because of Brexit ‘betrayal’
3 years, 9 months ago

Unionist leader warns of violence returning to Northern Ireland because of Brexit ‘betrayal’

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Nigel Farage’s natural supporters won’t buy his new lockdown sceptic party
3 years, 10 months ago

Nigel Farage’s natural supporters won’t buy his new lockdown sceptic party

The Independent  

Nigel Farage’s renamed party has a problem, in that it was formed to fight the lockdown, which is likely to be lifting, if not lifted, by the time of its first electoral test, the elections on 6 May. But these two groups now find themselves somewhat united in support of lockdowns.” Not only is lockdown scepticism a minority view, then, …

What next for Nigel Farage?
4 years ago

What next for Nigel Farage?

The Independent  

Frog-faced pound shop Mussolini; Or saviour of Britain? Farage now offers the prime minister praise and credit: “Johnson’s Vote Leave Group, which included Michael Gove, just got us over the line” in the 2016 referendum, and now Johnson, in the big picture, has brought back an acceptable Brexit. is his life’s work and the most phenomenal political achievement of our …

‘Everything changed on my way to a giant Wetherspoons in Cardiff’ – four years reporting on the Brexit wars
4 years ago

‘Everything changed on my way to a giant Wetherspoons in Cardiff’ – four years reporting on the Brexit wars

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Nigel Farage rebrands Brexit Party as anti-lockdown Reform UK
4 years, 2 months ago

Nigel Farage rebrands Brexit Party as anti-lockdown Reform UK

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'Completely dehumanising': Nigel Farage describes group of children and adults landing in Kent as 'invasion'
4 years, 5 months ago

'Completely dehumanising': Nigel Farage describes group of children and adults landing in Kent as 'invasion'

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Glasgow stabbings: Nigel Farage accused of stirring up 'fear and hatred' after blaming attack on 'illegal immigrants'
4 years, 6 months ago

Glasgow stabbings: Nigel Farage accused of stirring up 'fear and hatred' after blaming attack on 'illegal immigrants'

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Nigel Farage condemned for boat trip into English Channel to report migrant ‘invasion’
4 years, 7 months ago

Nigel Farage condemned for boat trip into English Channel to report migrant ‘invasion’

The Independent  

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Nigel Farage ‘visited’ by police after travelling to Dover to report on migrants
4 years, 8 months ago

Nigel Farage ‘visited’ by police after travelling to Dover to report on migrants

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Nigel Farage raved about populism to EU parliament – right after an Auschwitz survivor spoke
4 years, 11 months ago

Nigel Farage raved about populism to EU parliament – right after an Auschwitz survivor spoke

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Mr Stop Brexit 'attacked by anti-Remain protesters'
4 years, 11 months ago

Mr Stop Brexit 'attacked by anti-Remain protesters'

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Nigel Farage gets his way, and last laugh: Brexit is coming
4 years, 11 months ago

Nigel Farage gets his way, and last laugh: Brexit is coming

Associated Press  

STRASBOURG, France — Nigel Farage, the self-declared “pantomime villain” of Brexit, is leaving his favorite theater — the European Union’s parliament in Strasbourg — this week with a sense of mission accomplished. Everyone thought it was hilarious,” Farage told The Associated Press in an interview, speaking about his early days in the EU legislature in the late 1990s. On top …

Brexit Party candidates furious after Nigel Farage announces they cannot contest 317 seats
5 years, 1 month ago

Brexit Party candidates furious after Nigel Farage announces they cannot contest 317 seats

The Independent  

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Brexit showdown: It’s time for us to stop underestimating Nigel Farage
5 years, 7 months ago

Brexit showdown: It’s time for us to stop underestimating Nigel Farage

The Independent  

We were sitting in the green room, waiting to review the papers on Sky television, when Nigel Farage asked if I’d like to join him outside, for a fag. With Farage everyone knows what they’re getting – and that is the essence of a winning brand. Watching him, and observing the harrumphing from the corporate establishment reminds me of how …

Farage's fundraising for Brexit Party allows foreign donors to 'break rules', warns elections watchdog
5 years, 7 months ago

Farage's fundraising for Brexit Party allows foreign donors to 'break rules', warns elections watchdog

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