Is Nigel Farage's career unravelling before our eyes?
7/9/202637 min
The bad news isn't stopping for Reform and Nigel Farage. He's facing fresh questions about the timeline surrounding the £5m gift from a crypto billionaire. The police are investigating a separate donation made to Robert Jenrick (who has described the claims as a politically motivated smear). The party has urged volunteers to divert from the Greater Manchester mayoral contest - in an effort to shore up Nigel Farage in a contest against a bin that he himself has triggered.
Just a few days ago, Farage thought his by-election gamble would put the focus squarely on him and pit his as a champion of the people wrestling against the establishment? Has that backfired in the most almighty way? And his the entire Farage project imploding?
It was Rupert Lowe - and not Farage - who became the first UK politician to appear on Joe Rogan's podcast yesterday. Over two hours he said stuff that was weird, inaccurate and inflammatory - but will his comments about the Dunblane massacre come back to haunt him?
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Lewis Goodall· Host0:04
Farage has said today he didn't anticipate that the other parties would just choose not to contest the byelection, thereby leaving your main and only opponent as a bin.
Jon Sopel· Host0:13
I'm fascinated by how Nigel Farage is going to fight this byelection in Clacton, and I just think it seems so absurd now when you are trying to say, "Count Binface, he is the very epitome of the British establishment."
Lewis Goodall· Host0:29
But I think there is something greater at stake now.
Nigel Farage· Soundbite0:31
Uh, it seems that the media and political classes, uh, wanna paint me out to be like a war criminal, as if everything I've ever done is wrong, is bent, is corrupt. Uh, I don't get a chance to properly answer it. I don't see why I should be judged by them. We'll ask the people here what they think.
Jon Sopel· Host0:51
Rodrigo Duterte, Slobodan Milošević, Radovan Karadžić, Nigel Farage. That is how he is seeking to paint himself in the latest stage of his poor, poor me campaign.
Lewis Goodall· Host1:06
As it becomes clear that the only candidate that Farage will face is made of iron, are we watching in real time the unraveling not just of Reform, but of Nigel Farage's political career? Welcome to the News Agents.
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