Nigel Farage

Rupert Murdoch’s latest television news channel has been given the go-ahead by Ofcom and could start broadcasting as early as spring 2021. News UK TV is competing against Andrew Neil-backed channel GB News to be first on-air. Both outlets believe there is a gap in the market for right-leaning television news channels aimed at Britons […]

Nigel Farage has been reminded of his poor record of attending fisheries meetings as an MEP after slamming Boris Johnson’s potential Brexit deal climbdown. The Brexit Party leader was criticised for a tweet he made slamming news of a potential compromise over fishing rights in UK waters, which has been a stumbling block in trade talks. Responding to […]

Nigel Farage has been trolled online after posting a tweet complaining about Boris Johnson’s latest lockdown measures. The Brexit Party leader took to Twitter to vent his frustrations over his county of Kent being placed under the toughest lockdown restrictions announced by the prime minister earlier this week. Kent, along with swathes of the North […]

Nigel Farage has claimed the exit of Boris Johnson’s top aide from Downing Street means a “Brexit sell-out” is looming. Brexit Party leader Farage said he had never liked the prime minister’s outgoing chief adviser Dominic Cummings, but admitted he was concerned about the consequences of his departure. Cummings left Number 10 carrying a box […]

Nigel Farage has dismissed suggestions he is not taking Covid-19 seriously after launching an anti-lockdown outfit to fight against measures designed to protect people from the pandemic. The Brexit Party leader, who hopes to rebrand his organisation as Reform UK, has revealed his own family has tested positive with the illness. Appearing on Times Radio, […]

A television presenter has said she would “rather boil my head in a vat of oil” than support Nigel Farage’s new anti-lockdown party. In a powerful takedown of Ann Widdecombe’s support for the new organisation, Jemma Forte told Jeremy Vine on 5: “Because what it’s doing is really exploiting something that has caused pain and […]

A group of Conservative MPs have launched a group to resist calls for an extended national lockdown, in a bid to prevent Nigel Farage’s new party gaining influence. Some 32 Conservatives rebelled against the government when the Commons approved the second lockdown for England which lasts until December 2. The prime minister said he expects […]

A charity has challenged Nigel Farage over proposals to rebrand his Brexit Party as a new anti-lockdown organisation. The Reform think tank has written to the Electoral Commission to complain about the proposed name change, arguing it could lead to “voter confusion”. The think tank, which argues for public service reform, has also written to […]

Piers Morgan has continued his feud with Donald Trump cheerleader Nigel Farage after the Brexiteer appeared on his programme to deny he had ever advocated bleach as a treatment for Covid-19. Appearing on Good Morning Britain, the Brexit Party leader challenged Morgan after he used it as an example of his poor handling of the pandemic. […]

Nigel Farage has been ridiculed after suggesting US voter fraud was “so new” it was impossible to prove. Appearing on BBC news, Farage echoed Donald Trump’s claim that there may be a concerted effort to tamper with mail-in votes in key swing states like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Farage’s comments come after president Trump falsely declared victory in […]

Piers Morgan has slammed Nigel Farage for refusing to believe Donald Trump promoted bleach as a form of treatment against the coronavirus. Farage, who has been on the ground with Trump in the US, dismissed assertions that the US president promoted the use of a lethal substance as a Covid-19 vaccine. Appearing on Good Morning Britain, the […]

Nigel Farage has claimed that the UK government is taking a similar approach to Donald Trump by “draining the swamp”, as he defended the US president’s strategy. The Brexit Party leader insisted he believed Trump would return to the White House for a second term. Endorsing the president during an interview on ITV News, Farage […]

A US election turnout that is expected to be historic in size may be bad news for Donald Trump, Nigel Farage has said. The Brexit Party leader is in Washington DC and has been on the campaign trail with Trump in recent weeks. He told the PA news agency: “Obviously, it’s tough to judge. We’re […]

Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice has had an angry showdown with television presenter Adam Boulton after he asked what had happened to the money from donations to his organisation. Brexiteers had helped donate more than £2 million to the cause in early 2020 with the intention of fighting against “Brexit in Name Only”, with more money […]

Nigel Farage has been branded a “chancer” for rebranding the Brexit Party into an anti-lockdown party, despite supporting such measures earlier in the year. The Brexiteer has lodged papers with the Electoral Commission to rebrand his old party as “Reform UK”, which he hopes will be the home for lockdown sceptics, despite an attempt from […]

Nigel Farage has applied to the Electoral Commission to change the Brexit Party’s name to Reform UK. The party contested 275 seats and took 2% of votes but did not succeed in electing an MP in the 2019 general election. It will now broaden its agenda to include coronavirus and seek “reform” in other areas. […]

Nigel Farage has pledged to bet £10,000 on Donald Trump winning a second term in the White House, claiming Trump would prove pundits wrong as he had done in 2016. This comes as Farage fights allegations he broke US quarantine rules to attend a Donald Trump rally in Arizona Wednesday night. The Brexit Party leader claimed he was […]

Nigel Farage has said he could enter the US to attend a Donald Trump rally – where many spectators did not wear masks – because he has a “journalistic visa”. The Brexit Party politician appeared on Good Morning Britain to answer questions as to why he thought it was a good idea to travel across the globe […]

Questions have been raised over Nigel Farage’s quarantine status after he appeared on stage at a Donald Trump rally in the US. Footage of Farage giving a speech at Trump’s re-election rally in Arizona overnight has raised concerns the Brexit Party leader flouted US quarantine regulations. According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the US’s national public […]

“I’m skint,” said Nigel Farage three years ago, blaming “20 years of spending more than you earn”. Who better, then, to launch a new service advising people on what to do with their money? With a characteristically breezy lack of shame, this is exactly what the nicotine-stained man-frog has done. Fortune & Freedom With Nigel […]

A petition has been launched to lobby the authorities to officially name a Kent lorry park – being created for those vehicles queuing to access the port of Dover following Brexit – after one of the leading protagonists of the campaign to leave the EU. A new change.org petition is urging Kent Council to officially name the […]

Nigel Farage’s financial newsletter promising subscribers advice to “take back control” of their money has been roundly mocked online. The Brexit Party leader launched a website and daily email service, dubbed Fortune and Freedom with Nigel Farage,  to give members the financial knowledge to “take back control of your money and your life”. The Brexit frontman offers subscribers […]

Nigel Farage has predicted Boris Johnson will get Britain an EU trade deal – it just will not be one Brexiteers want. The Brexit Party leader said he had a “sense” the government would compromise over fishing rights and state aid to bag a deal with the EU before the end of the transition period. MORE: Nigel Farage called a […]

James O’Brien has asked Brexiteers whether they regret voting for Brexit now the UK faced legal proceedings from the EU. The LBC presenter pointed to a letter from the UK’s chief Brexit negotiator David Frost to car manufacturers as proof many of his warnings about the economic impacts of Brexit were in fact true. MORE: ‘Project Fear’ was […]

Nigel Farage has been called a “traitor” after issuing a tweeting defending the EU’s threat to sue Downing Street over breaking the Brexit withdrawal agreement. The Brexit Party leader caused controversy on Thursday when he appeared to suggest the EU was in its rights to take Britain to court after it approved laws explicitly overriding the Withdrawal […]

Fresh off the back of claims Laurence Fox is planning to launch a new political party which will contradict the Tory stance on Covid-19, Nigel Farage has said he could also form a new party to oppose the government’s “authoritarian” measures. The Brexit Party leader has added pressure on prime minister Boris Johnson by claiming […]

Nigel Farage has been called out over a tweet slamming Boris Johnson’s government as “the worst ever”. Farage lambasted Downing Street on plans to create a “border” in Kent after Brexit. Speaking with The Times‘ Patrick Maguire, the Brexit Party leader said: “Not only an internal border with Northern Ireland but now Kent too. “Is this […]

Farage cut short a telephone call with a BBC journalist investigating one of the organisation’s top donors. In a recording of the conversation, Farage said he was aware Christopher Harborne, who donated £10 million to the Brexit Party in the lead up to the 2019 general election, had two separate identities but refused to be interviewed […]

A former Brexit Party politician has hinted at launching a new political party with British actor Laurence Fox. Martin Daubney, the former MEP for the West Midlands, suggested there was a “gaping chasm” for a new political movement in Britain. Discussing the idea on his talkshow Unlocked, Daubney – a former ally ofNigel Farage – […]